How much revenue did Snowman Story make?

$5k–$13k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Snowman Story sell?

Q: How many copies did Snowman Story sell?

3k to 6k copies, based on its 141 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–6k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before the cut; from 141 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 Snowman Story out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Snowman Story's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–24k

best case 139k (Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas)

Games like Snowman Story

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–24k copies

≈ $4k–$155k after Steam's cut

from ~188 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: Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas at ≈ 106k–172k copies, ≈ $437k–$1.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 60 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7 to 190.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (7 of 8) and Action-Adventure (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Action-Adventure, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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 61 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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Soul's Spectrum 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut	$7.99	50 reviews Very Positive	Mystery DungeonPuzzle
Ary and the Secret of Seasons 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $61k–$163k after Steam's cut $110k–$250k before the cut	$39.99	222 reviews Mixed	ActionAdventure
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas 2015	Est. copies ≈ 106k–172k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $437k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $795k–$1.8M before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureRPG
Ocean's Heart 2021	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $154k–$413k after Steam's cut $279k–$636k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsAction RPG
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