How many copies did Yume Nikki sell?

An estimated 313k to 508k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Yume Nikki make?

Yume Nikki is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Yume Nikki?

Estimated owners: ≈ 313k–508k; from 10k 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 Yume Nikki out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Yume Nikki's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 154k–402k

best case 549k (Grimm's Hollow)

The RPG lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 223k copies.

A typical game

≈ 223k copies

≈ $5.4M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Best case

≈ 549k copies

Grimm's Hollow

from 15k 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 Free to Play + Pixel Graphics, priced around $42.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2021, 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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