How much revenue did Kanji Industry make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kanji Industry sell?

Q: How many copies did Kanji Industry sell?

719 to 1k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 719–1k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut; from 29 reviews (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 Kanji Industry out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kanji Industry's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–23k

best case 309k (while True: learn())

Games like Kanji Industry

The middle of these games

≈ 22k–23k copies

≈ $62k–$97k after Steam's cut

from ~691 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: while True: learn() at ≈ 235k–382k copies, ≈ $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 268 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 596.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Programming (7 of 8) and Automation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Simulation, priced around $16. The breakout hits carry Simulation + Puzzle + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
HackeRPG 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $306–$824 after Steam's cut $556–$1k before the cut	$4.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	Early AccessProgramming
Bioweaver 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before the cut	$6.99	691 reviews Mostly Positive	ProgrammingTactical RPG
Rogue Voltage 2026	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $71k–$190k after Steam's cut $128k–$292k before the cut	$15.99	647 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessDeckbuilding
Ooglians 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$1.99	255 reviews Mixed	Early AccessTower Defense
Code Has Price 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$659 after Steam's cut $445–$1k before the cut	$3.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	ProgrammingAutomation
while True: learn() 2019	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingSimulation
Opus Magnum 2017	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k 10x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleProgramming
Auto Rogue 2025	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $35k–$93k after Steam's cut $63k–$143k before the cut	$6.99	726 reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeProgramming