How much revenue did PowerWash Simulator make?

$10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PowerWash Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did PowerWash Simulator sell?

1.5M to 2.4M copies, based on its 59k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.5M–2.4M; $10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's cut $18.2M–$41.3M before the cut; from 59k 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 PowerWash Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PowerWash Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.5M–6.5M

best case 56.5M (Stardew Valley)

Games like PowerWash Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 5.5M–6.5M copies

≈ $40.6M–$82.3M after Steam's cut

from ~178k 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: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.0M–69.9M copies, ≈ $177.4M–$476.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 21k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 953 to 43k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (5 of 8) and Automobile Sim (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Relaxing + Farming Sim + Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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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Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.0M–69.9M 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $177.4M–$476.9M after Steam's cut $322.5M–$733.6M before the cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
Balatro 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.2M–$54.4M after Steam's cut $36.8M–$83.7M before the cut	$14.99	198k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameRoguelike Deckbuilder
DAVE THE DIVER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.0M–$59.2M after Steam's cut $40.0M–$91.0M before the cut	$19.99	161k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsCasual
House Flipper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.3M–$62.6M after Steam's cut $42.3M–$96.3M before the cut	$24.99	111k reviews Very Positive	SimulationDesign & Illustration
Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.4M–96.6M 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $326.7M–$878.4M after Steam's cut $594.0M–$1351.4M before the cut	$19.99	940k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation
The Sims™ 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	200k reviews Very Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
American Truck Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $44.7M–$120.0M after Steam's cut $81.2M–$184.7M before the cut	$19.99	195k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $51.7M–$139.1M after Steam's cut $94.0M–$213.9M before the cut	$39.99	155k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy