How much revenue did Messy Room Simulator make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Messy Room Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Messy Room Simulator sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 45 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut; from 45 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 Messy Room Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Messy Room Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–28k

best case 37k (Rise of Gun)

Games like Messy Room Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–28k copies

≈ $13k–$131k after Steam's cut

from ~291 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Rise of Gun at ≈ 28k–46k copies, ≈ $101k–$270k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 142 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4 to 567.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and Life Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Life Sim + Simulation, priced around $13.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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).

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