How much revenue did CLANNAD make?

An estimated 6.2M to 16.6M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did CLANNAD sell?

Q: How many copies did CLANNAD sell?

An estimated 498k to 810k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 498k–810k; $6.2M–$16.6M net $11.2M–$25.5M gross; from 11k 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 CLANNAD out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including CLANNAD's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–3.3M

best case 10.1M (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

The Anime lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 2.6M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 2.6M copies

≈ $11.0M after Steam's cut

from ~69k reviews

Best case

≈ 10.1M copies

Doki Doki Literature Club!

from 223k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are breakout hits 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 Anime + Dating Sim, priced around $60.
The breakout hits carry Dating Sim; 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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