How much revenue did Plum Blossom Divination make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Plum Blossom Divination sell?

Q: How many copies did Plum Blossom Divination sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 54 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before the cut; from 54 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 Plum Blossom Divination out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Plum Blossom Divination's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 104k–513k

best case 1.3M (Unheard - Voices of Crime)

Games like Plum Blossom Divination

The middle of these games

≈ 104k–513k copies

≈ $421k–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Unheard - Voices of Crime at ≈ 976k–1.6M copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 662 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Detective (7 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Puzzle, priced around $7.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 38 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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Unheard - Voices of Crime 2019	Est. copies ≈ 976k–1.6M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.0M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before the cut	$6.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectivePuzzle
Strange Horticulture 2022	Est. copies ≈ 397k–646k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.2M before the cut	$15.99	16k reviews Very Positive	MysteryPuzzle
노베나 디아볼로스 2020	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $204k–$548k after Steam's cut $370k–$843k before the cut	$18.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAdventure
CaseCracker 2022	Est. copies ≈ 86k–140k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $236k–$635k after Steam's cut $430k–$977k before the cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Text-BasedDetective
The Operator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 219k–355k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $842k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$13.99	9k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveInvestigation
Cyber Manhunt 2021	Est. copies ≈ 389k–632k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRPG
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $160k–$429k after Steam's cut $290k–$661k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationChoices Matter
Hypnospace Outlaw 2019	Est. copies ≈ 159k–259k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $876k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	1990'sSimulation