How much revenue did Life is Strange: True Colors make?

$6.9M–$18.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Life is Strange: True Colors sell?

Q: How many copies did Life is Strange: True Colors sell?

418k to 679k copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 418k–679k; $6.9M–$18.5M after Steam's cut $12.5M–$28.5M before the cut; from 17k 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 Life is Strange: True Colors out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Life is Strange: True Colors's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 832k–1.7M

best case 11.3M (Life is Strange - Episode 1)

Games like Life is Strange: True Colors

The middle of these games

≈ 832k–1.7M copies

≈ $10.9M–$17.1M after Steam's cut

from ~38k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Life is Strange - Episode 1 at ≈ 8.6M–13.9M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 611 to 27k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Choices Matter (7 of 8) and Story Rich (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter. The breakout hits carry Time Travel + Great Soundtrack + Atmospheric; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 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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Life is Strange 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
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The Walking Dead: The Final Season 2018	Est. copies ≈ 653k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.6M–$9.7M after Steam's cut $6.5M–$14.8M before the cut	$19.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichChoices Matter
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Life is Strange - Episode 1 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8.6M–13.9M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	176k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichChoices Matter
Dragon Age™ Inquisition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 530k–861k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.8M–$15.7M after Steam's cut $10.6M–$24.1M before the cut	$39.99	21k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGCharacter Customization
The Quarry 2022	Est. copies ≈ 616k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.5M–$42.0M before the cut	$59.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterMultiple Endings
Life is Strange: Before the Storm 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.2M before the cut	$16.99	38k reviews Very Positive	Story RichChoices Matter