How much revenue did London Detective Mysteria make?

London Detective Mysteria is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did London Detective Mysteria sell?

Q: How many copies did London Detective Mysteria sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 135 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; from 135 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 London Detective Mysteria out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including London Detective Mysteria's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–28k

best case 105k (Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds)

Games like London Detective Mysteria

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–28k copies

≈ $23k–$347k after Steam's cut

from ~314 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds at ≈ 80k–130k copies, ≈ $219k–$589k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Visual Novel (8 of 8) and Anime (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Otome + Visual Novel, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2023, and none of them 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds 2017	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k 7.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $219k–$589k after Steam's cut $399k–$907k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	OtomeVisual Novel
Crossroad 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $20k–$44k before the cut	$8.99	143 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie
Nightshade/百花百狼 2017	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $262k–$706k after Steam's cut $477k–$1.1M before the cut	$34.99	793 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	OtomeFemale Protagonist
Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk 2019	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $157k–$423k after Steam's cut $286k–$650k before the cut	$29.99	662 reviews Very Positive	OtomeAdventure
Dead Wishes 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before the cut	$9.99	79 reviews Very Positive	ViolentGore
Winter Worm, Summer Grass 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	78 reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayNudity
Steam Prison 2019	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $124k–$335k after Steam's cut $226k–$515k before the cut	$34.99	449 reviews Very Positive	OtomeFemale Protagonist
クラブ・スーサイド 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $15k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$60k before the cut	$11.99	178 reviews Very Positive	AdventureVisual Novel