How much revenue did Rainswept make?

$29k–$79k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rainswept sell?

Q: How many copies did Rainswept sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 309 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before the cut; from 309 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 Rainswept out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rainswept's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 149k–198k

best case 1.7M (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy)

Games like Rainswept

The middle of these games

≈ 149k–198k copies

≈ $1.2M–$2.6M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

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

Best case: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $10.7M–$28.6M 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 562 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 13 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Detective (8 of 8) and Crime (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Story Rich, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Story Rich + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 3 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 79 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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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.7M–$28.6M after Steam's cut $19.4M–$44.1M before the cut	$29.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveVisual Novel
GENBA no Kizuna 2024	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before the cut	$24.99	21 reviews Positive	Visual NovelDetective
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy 2024	Est. copies ≈ 110k–178k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before the cut	$49.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventureVisual Novel
L.A. Noire 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M 8.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.8M–$34.4M after Steam's cut $23.2M–$52.9M before the cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveCrime
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.5M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.2M before the cut	$19.99	38k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeVisual Novel
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection 2024	Est. copies ≈ 118k–192k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before the cut	$39.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureInvestigation
The Deed 2015	Est. copies ≈ 184k–299k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $50k–$135k after Steam's cut $91k–$207k before the cut	$0.99	4k reviews Very Positive	RPGMakerAdventure
Meteor World Actor: Badge & Dagger 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$189k before the cut	$17.99	373 reviews Very Positive	DetectiveNoir