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How many copies did Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3k–4k
$14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$58k before the cut
from 103 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.8M–4.9M
best case 26.7M (BeamNG.drive)
Games like Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 3.8M–4.9M copies

≈ $24.8M–$49.1M after Steam's cut

from ~103k 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.

Best case: BeamNG.drive at ≈ 20.3M–33.0M copies, ≈ $139.6M–$375.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Sandbox (7 of 8) and Physics (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Physics + Sandbox, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Driving + Physics + Realistic; a typical game here doesn't.
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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