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How many copies did Samorost 3 sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 231k–375k
$1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before the cut
from 6k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Samorost 3 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Samorost 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–1.5M
best case 2.9M (OMORI)
Games like Samorost 3

The middle of these games

≈ 1.2M–1.5M copies

≈ $6.5M–$12.7M after Steam's cut

from ~34k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: OMORI at ≈ 2.2M–3.6M copies, ≈ $12.0M–$32.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3k to 6k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Story Rich (7 of 8) and Psychological Horror (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Story Rich, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Great Soundtrack + RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 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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