School Years

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School Years

Short description

A visual novel adapted from a real story.To tell the most authentic Chinese story in the most simple words

Developer
YEARS
Publisher
摸鱼游戏
Release
Fri, Oct 04, 2019
Price
$11.99
Reviews
231
Positive
78%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
50K – 100K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Features
Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop
Tags
Visual Novel Indie Story Rich Sexual Content Nudity Simulation Anime RPG Drama Psychological Horror Detective Romance Puzzle Singleplayer Horror 2D Casual JRPG Foreign Interactive Fiction
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$79ksomewhere between $35k and $758k · roughly 5K–100K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $7.58, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $11.99 launch price. That is 37% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

2 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$78k → ~$79k
Reviews 229 → 231
Followers 3,741 → 3,742
Price $11.99 → $11.99
Positive reviews 78.2% → 78.4%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 151 further data points reach back to Oct 1, 2019 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.49 on Jan 23, 2020.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around School Years is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Visual Novel + Indie + Story Rich

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