{"id":45917,"date":"2025-03-21T14:19:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T05:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=45917"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T05:19:27","slug":"it-used-to-sell-only-70-copies-a-month-the-house-in-fata-morgana-creator-touched-as-the-game-sells-10000-copies-in-a-single-week-years-after-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/it-used-to-sell-only-70-copies-a-month-the-house-in-fata-morgana-creator-touched-as-the-game-sells-10000-copies-in-a-single-week-years-after-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt used to sell only 70 copies a month.\u201d The House in Fata Morgana creator touched as the game sells 10,000 copies in a single week, years after launch\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Keika Hanada, game creator and head of NOVECT, reported on March 19 that <strong>The House in Fata Morgana <\/strong>sold 10,000 copies in a single week during Steam\u2019s recent sales period. This comes almost 13 years after the game\u2019s original release and 9 years after its Steam release.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking back at 2016, there were months when we only sold 70 copies. A game that once sold 70 copies a month has, over the years, grown into a game that sells 10,000 copies in a single week. That fact alone surprises me more than anything.<\/p>&mdash; \u7e39\u3051\u3044\u304b\/Hanada Keika (@hanadakeika) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hanadakeika\/status\/1902344664990306381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanada expressed surprise and gratitude, reminiscing about how Fata Morgana used to sell only 70 copies a month when it was first released on Steam. The creator attributes the game\u2019s persistent popularity to the enthusiasm of its players, who have helped spread the word. \u201cI can\u2019t thank you enough,\u201d Hanada <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hanadakeika\/status\/1902344955743629489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comments on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The House in Fata Morgana is a full-length suspense visual novel game in which the player investigates the mystery of a mansion, witnessing tragedies that occurred in different time periods involving various characters. The game was first released at Comiket 83 at the end of 2012, with a Steam version following in May 2016.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/novect-20250320-332168-001.webp\" alt=\"The House in Fata Morgana\" class=\"wp-image-45921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/novect-20250320-332168-001.webp 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/novect-20250320-332168-001-380x214.webp 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/novect-20250320-332168-001-768x432.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since its release, The House in Fata Morgana has received high acclaim for its story and art from players worldwide. At the time of writing, the title has a Very Positive rating out of 4,400+ reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/303310\/The_House_in_Fata_Morgana\/)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam,<\/a> while the Nintendo Switch version of the game has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/the-house-in-fata-morgana-dreams-of-the-revenants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metascore<\/a> of 96.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March this year, Steam held the Visual Novel Fest, in which visual novel games like Fata Morgana, VA-11 Hall-A Coffee Talk, Slay the Princess were discounted. During this period, Fata Morgana achieved sales of over 10,000 units in a single week. However, this was by no means a bargain sale, and the title\u2019s commercial success is no doubt a result of its high evaluation and word of mouth. Another important factor is likely its availability, as the game supports seven languages and is playable on multiple platforms. In November 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20231123-23261\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fata Morgana celebrated 100,000+ sales on Steam alone<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/novect.net\/fatamorgana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The House in Fata Morgana<\/a> is currently available for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/303310\/The_House_in_Fata_Morgana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), PS4 and the Nintendo Switch.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House in Fata Morgana creator Keika Hanada shares an important milestone, thanking players for spreading word about the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":45920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-45917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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