How much revenue did The Herbalist make?

An estimated 49k to 131k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Herbalist sell?

Q: How many copies did The Herbalist sell?

An estimated 30k to 48k copies, based on its 739 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–48k; $49k–$131k net $89k–$201k gross; from 739 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 The Herbalist out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Herbalist's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–4.6M

best case 10.1M (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

The Anime lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 2.9M copies.

A typical game

≈ 2.9M copies

≈ $11.7M after Steam's cut

from ~66k reviews

Best case

≈ 10.1M copies

Doki Doki Literature Club!

from 223k reviews

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 $15.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2020, 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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