How much revenue did The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty make?

An estimated 3.9M to 10.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty sell?

Q: How many copies did The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty sell?

An estimated 1.4M to 2.3M copies, based on its 59k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.4M–2.3M; $3.9M–$10.5M net $7.1M–$16.2M gross; from 59k 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 The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 100k–225k

best case 399k (Suzerain)

The Story Rich lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 142k copies.

A typical game

≈ 142k copies

≈ $1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

Best case

≈ 399k copies

Suzerain · ≈ $3.1M after Steam's cut

from 12k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

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The games you compared span 2015 to 2026, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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