How much revenue did WorldBox - God Simulator make?

$7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did WorldBox - God Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did WorldBox - God Simulator sell?

1.4M to 2.3M copies, based on its 56k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.4M–2.3M; $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.8M before the cut; from 56k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 WorldBox - God Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WorldBox - God Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 908k–3.0M

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like WorldBox - God Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 908k–3.0M copies

≈ $7.6M–$40.8M after Steam's cut

from ~28k 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: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.4M–$315.8M 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 (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Moddable + City Builder + Management; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2024, 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 79 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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