How many copies did Katawa Shoujo sell?

An estimated 139k to 225k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Katawa Shoujo make?

Katawa Shoujo is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Katawa Shoujo?

Estimated owners: ≈ 139k–225k; from 6k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Katawa Shoujo out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Katawa Shoujo's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–2.1M

best case 10.1M (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

The Visual Novel lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 1.9M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 1.9M copies

≈ $6.4M after Steam's cut

from ~46k reviews

Best case

≈ 10.1M copies

Doki Doki Literature Club!

from 223k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

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

Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Visual Novel, priced around $10.
The breakout hits carry Psychological Horror + Horror + Dark; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, 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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