Nostalgic Repair Sim ReStory Recouped Its Budget in 12 Hours
The game became the highest-rated game of its publisher tinyBuild.
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs, an atmospheric cozy sim where you run a repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo and give a new life to Y2K gadgets, earned over $2 million within less than a week since its release on August 6. Players have loved the nostalgic vibes and engaging repair mechanics, and ReStory also gained overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam.
According to the data shared on X/Twitter by Alex Nichiporchik, CEO of the game's publisher tinyBuild, the project's lifetime gross Steam revenue amounts to $2,003,126, and lifetime net Steam revenue is $1,767,123. The CEO also shared that the game reached over $1 million gross overnight and made its budget back within 12 hours.
These figures make ReStory tinyBuild's highest-rated game ever, with over 95% positive Steam reviews.
Nichiporchik also revealed data about the game's conversion, sharing that ReStory's rate on day 1 was an impressive 8.1%, which he described as "phenomenal," a claim well supported by the numbers. The game sold 100,000 copies in around 24 hours.
In ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs, you develop your business by meticulously restoring iconic video game consoles, cell phones, music players, and other nostalgic devices, including officially licensed Atari consoles. The shop management sim features a storyline, and you also interact with customers to unfold a branching narrative.