How much revenue did Zero Escape: The Nonary Games make?

An estimated 2.1M to 5.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zero Escape: The Nonary Games sell?

Q: How many copies did Zero Escape: The Nonary Games sell?

An estimated 249k to 404k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 249k–404k; $2.1M–$5.5M net $3.7M–$8.5M gross; from 7k 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 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zero Escape: The Nonary Games's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–1.9M

best case 3.4M (Mirror)

The Story Rich lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 1.7M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 1.7M copies

≈ $11.3M after Steam's cut

from ~38k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.4M copies

Mirror · ≈ $2.6M after Steam's cut

from 84k 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 Sexual Content + Nudity, priced around $2.
The breakout hits carry Hentai + NSFW + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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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