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How many copies did Touhou: New World sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 7k–12k
$40k–$109k after Steam's cut $74k–$167k before the cut
from 297 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Touhou: New World out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Touhou: New World's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 96k–1.0M
best case 6.9M (NieR:Automata™)
Games like Touhou: New World

The middle of these games

≈ 96k–1.0M copies

≈ $455k–$12.8M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: NieR:Automata™ at ≈ 5.3M–8.6M copies, ≈ $57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 931 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 540 to 3k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (8 of 8) and Anime (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Story Rich + Female Protagonist, priced around $40.
The era
The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 shipped in the last two years.
How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

NieR:Automata™
2017
Est. copies
≈ 5.3M–8.6M
24x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut $105.3M–$239.5M before the cut
$39.99
153k reviews
Very Positive
Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Glimmer in Mirror
2023
Est. copies
≈ 23k–37k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$107k–$287k after Steam's cut $194k–$442k before the cut
$16.99
922 reviews
Mostly Positive
Early AccessAnime
Tales of Berseria™
2017
Est. copies
≈ 650k–1.1M
3.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$8.9M–$24.0M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.0M before the cut
$49.99
19k reviews
Very Positive
AnimeJRPG
Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue
2021
Est. copies
≈ 84k–137k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Bullet HellAction
永远消失的幻想乡 ~ The Disappearing of Gensokyo
2018
Est. copies
≈ 109k–177k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$329k–$884k after Steam's cut $598k–$1.4M before the cut
$10.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
AnimeBullet Hell
FINAL FANTASY® XIII
2014
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.8M
3.1x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before the cut
$15.99
20k reviews
Mostly Positive
JRPGRPG
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity
2018
Est. copies
≈ 40k–65k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$165k–$444k after Steam's cut $300k–$683k before the cut
$14.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
Bullet HellAction
Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy
2024
Est. copies
≈ 226k–367k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$435k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $790k–$1.8M before the cut
$6.99
9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Bullet HellAnime

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