How many copies did DF-41 Simulator sell?

6k to 9k copies, based on its 235 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did DF-41 Simulator make?

DF-41 Simulator is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is DF-41 Simulator?

Estimated owners: ≈ 6k–9k; from 235 reviews (Mixed)

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 DF-41 Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DF-41 Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 243k–362k

best case 5.0M (Totally Accurate Battle Simulator)

Games like DF-41 Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 243k–362k copies

≈ $1.7M–$4.9M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator at ≈ 3.8M–6.2M copies, ≈ $20.9M–$56.2M 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 4k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 968 to 55k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Sandbox (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2026, 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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Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 7.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.9M–$53.6M after Steam's cut $36.2M–$82.4M before the cut	$19.99	74k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game
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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.9M–$56.2M after Steam's cut $38.0M–$86.5M before the cut	$19.99	153k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSimulation
Steel Division 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 276k–448k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.6M before the cut	$39.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRTS
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Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 185k–300k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox