How much revenue did PLATiNA :: LAB make?

$397k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PLATiNA :: LAB sell?

Q: How many copies did PLATiNA :: LAB sell?

48k to 78k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 48k–78k; $397k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $722k–$1.6M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

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 PLATiNA :: LAB out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PLATiNA :: LAB's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–3k

best case 4k (CyberWaifu)

Games like PLATiNA :: LAB

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–3k copies

≈ $2k–$7k after Steam's cut

from ~82 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: CyberWaifu at ≈ 3k–5k copies, ≈ $4k–$10k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 10 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 25.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and Rhythm (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Nudity, priced around $4.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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