How much revenue did STEINS;GATE ELITE make?

STEINS;GATE ELITE is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did STEINS;GATE ELITE sell?

Q: How many copies did STEINS;GATE ELITE sell?

48k to 79k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 48k–79k; from 2k 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 STEINS;GATE ELITE out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including STEINS;GATE ELITE's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 45k–209k

best case 1.5M (STEINS;GATE)

Games like STEINS;GATE ELITE

The middle of these games

≈ 45k–209k copies

≈ $209k–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

Best case: STEINS;GATE at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $9.2M–$24.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 132 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 60 to 661.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Visual Novel (8 of 8) and Story Rich (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Story Rich, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram 2019	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureVisual Novel
ISLAND 2018	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $593k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$39.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
STEINS;GATE 0 2018	Est. copies ≈ 255k–414k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.1M before the cut	$34.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
GNOSIA 2022	Est. copies ≈ 127k–206k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $873k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
Pesterquest 2019	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $149k–$400k after Steam's cut $270k–$615k before the cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieAdventure
STEINS;GATE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.2M–$24.8M after Steam's cut $16.7M–$38.1M before the cut	$29.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
her tears were my light 2022	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$72k before the cut	$2.99	857 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelLGBTQ+
Seedsow Lullaby 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $78k–$209k after Steam's cut $141k–$321k before the cut	$20.99	542 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAdventure