How much revenue did Steam Prison make?

$124k–$335k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Steam Prison sell?

Q: How many copies did Steam Prison sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 449 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $124k–$335k after Steam's cut $226k–$515k before the cut; from 449 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 Steam Prison out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Steam Prison's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 117k–134k

best case 557k (Hatoful Boyfriend)

Games like Steam Prison

The middle of these games

≈ 117k–134k copies

≈ $428k–$477k 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.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

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

Best case: Hatoful Boyfriend at ≈ 424k–689k copies, ≈ $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (8 of 8) and Otome (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Otome + Visual Novel, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2022, and none of them 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 70 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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Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds 2017	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $219k–$589k after Steam's cut $399k–$907k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	OtomeVisual Novel
Amnesia™: Memories 2015	Est. copies ≈ 218k–354k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $598k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	OtomeVisual Novel
Hatoful Boyfriend 2014	Est. copies ≈ 424k–689k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before the cut	$9.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelDating Sim
Seduce Me the Otome 2015	Est. copies ≈ 106k–172k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayNudity
Blood Code 2015	Est. copies ≈ 99k–161k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $271k–$730k after Steam's cut $494k–$1.1M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Visual NovelRomance
私のリアルは充実しすぎているフルボイス版 2022	Est. copies ≈ 135k–220k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $372k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $677k–$1.5M before the cut	$9.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	OtomeFemale Protagonist
My Vow to My Liege 2020	Est. copies ≈ 102k–165k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $280k–$752k after Steam's cut $508k–$1.2M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Female ProtagonistRomance
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel 2017	Est. copies ≈ 142k–231k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayOtome