How much revenue did KingSim make?

$14k–$39k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did KingSim sell?

Q: How many copies did KingSim sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 211 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; $14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before the cut; from 211 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 KingSim out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including KingSim's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 59k–708k

best case 7.3M (鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal)

Games like KingSim

The middle of these games

≈ 59k–708k copies

≈ $122k–$6.0M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $30.6M–$82.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 9k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 715 to 208k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and Political Sim (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Suzerain 2020	Est. copies ≈ 292k–475k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before the cut	$19.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 31x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.6M–$82.3M after Steam's cut $55.7M–$126.7M before the cut	$19.99	225k reviews Mixed	ManagementSingleplayer
Cultist Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 430k–698k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.8M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationChoices Matter
Sultan's Game 2025	Est. copies ≈ 868k–1.4M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.7M before the cut	$24.99	35k reviews Very Positive	RPGSimulation
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $37k–$98k after Steam's cut $66k–$151k before the cut	$5.99	729 reviews Very Positive	Political SimSimulation
China: Mao's legacy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $106k–$240k before the cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience 2020	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $388k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $705k–$1.6M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureTime Management
Crisis in the Kremlin 2017	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy