How much revenue did Necrobarista make?

$201k–$540k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Necrobarista sell?

Q: How many copies did Necrobarista sell?

37k to 59k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 37k–59k; $201k–$540k after Steam's cut $365k–$831k before the cut; from 1k 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 Necrobarista out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Necrobarista's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 397k–1.3M

best case 2.1M (VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action)

Games like Necrobarista

The middle of these games

≈ 397k–1.3M copies

≈ $3.1M–$7.6M after Steam's cut

from ~22k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action at ≈ 1.6M–2.6M copies, ≈ $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (4 of 4) and Visual Novel (4 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cyberpunk + Visual Novel, priced around $15.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2021. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! 2021	Est. copies ≈ 798k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.6M before the cut	$14.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Visual Novel
Coffee Talk 2020	Est. copies ≈ 311k–505k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before the cut	$12.99	13k reviews Very Positive	ConversationPixel Graphics
The House in Fata Morgana 2016	Est. copies ≈ 277k–450k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before the cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.4M before the cut	$14.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CyberpunkVisual Novel