How much revenue did RPG Maker VX Ace make?

$6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did RPG Maker VX Ace sell?

Q: How many copies did RPG Maker VX Ace sell?

328k to 533k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 328k–533k; $6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.1M before the cut; from 5k reviews (Very 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 RPG Maker VX Ace out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including RPG Maker VX Ace's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–98k

best case 572k (RPG Maker MV)

Games like RPG Maker VX Ace

The middle of these games

≈ 11k–98k copies

≈ $332k–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~674 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: RPG Maker MV at ≈ 435k–708k copies, ≈ $9.6M–$25.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Game Development (8 of 8) and RPGMaker (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RPGMaker + Game Development, priced around $80.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2022, and none of them 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
RPG Maker VX Ace Lite unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	153 reviews Very Positive	RPGRPGMaker
RPG Maker 2003 2015	Est. copies ≈ 43k–69k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $234k–$628k after Steam's cut $425k–$966k before the cut	$19.99	871 reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentRPG
RPG Paper Maker 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	277 reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentSoftware
RPG Maker XP 2013	Est. copies ≈ 124k–202k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $854k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.5M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentRPG
RPG in a Box 2022	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $162k–$436k after Steam's cut $295k–$671k before the cut	$49.99	476 reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentDesign & Illustration
SRPG Studio 2018	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $140k–$376k after Steam's cut $254k–$579k before the cut	$59.99	279 reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentAnimation & Modeling
RPG Maker MZ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before the cut	$79.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGGame Development
RPG Maker MV 2015	Est. copies ≈ 435k–708k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $9.6M–$25.8M after Steam's cut $17.4M–$39.6M before the cut	$79.99	9k reviews Very Positive	RPGRPGMaker