How much revenue did Game Studio Simulator（我要做游戏） make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Game Studio Simulator（我要做游戏） sell?

Q: How many copies did Game Studio Simulator（我要做游戏） sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 180 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut; from 180 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 Game Studio Simulator（我要做游戏） out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Game Studio Simulator（我要做游戏）'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–1.7M

best case 5.2M (Goat Simulator)

Games like Game Studio Simulator（我要做游戏）

The middle of these games

≈ 1.1M–1.7M copies

≈ $6.1M–$9.6M after Steam's cut

from ~31k 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: Goat Simulator at ≈ 3.9M–6.4M copies, ≈ $10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Sandbox (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Sandbox + Physics + Destruction; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, 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 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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