How much revenue did Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition make?

$210k–$565k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition sell?

38k to 62k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 38k–62k; $210k–$565k after Steam's cut $382k–$869k before the cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 155k–196k

best case 56.5M (Stardew Valley)

Games like Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition

The middle of these games

≈ 155k–196k copies

≈ $1.2M–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.0M–69.9M copies, ≈ $177.4M–$476.9M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 34k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Farming Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $22.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2026, 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 52 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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Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.0M–69.9M 206x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $177.4M–$476.9M after Steam's cut $322.5M–$733.6M before the cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
My Time at Portia 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before the cut	$29.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Life SimRPG
Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 124k–202k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $682k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
Coral Island 2023	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.3M before the cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Farming SimLife Sim
Littlewood 2020	Est. copies ≈ 169k–275k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $698k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLife Sim
Fields of Mistria 2026	Est. copies ≈ 834k–1.4M 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.3M before the cut	$13.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessFarming Sim
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town 2020	Est. copies ≈ 142k–231k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.5M before the cut	$39.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Farming Sim Simulation
No Place Like Home 2022	Est. copies ≈ 102k–165k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $559k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Farming SimCrafting