How much revenue did City of Gangsters make?

$319k–$858k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did City of Gangsters sell?

Q: How many copies did City of Gangsters sell?

39k to 63k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 39k–63k; $319k–$858k after Steam's cut $580k–$1.3M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly 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 City of Gangsters out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including City of Gangsters's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 78k–287k

best case 684k (Drug Dealer Simulator)

Games like City of Gangsters

The middle of these games

≈ 78k–287k copies

≈ $612k–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Drug Dealer Simulator at ≈ 521k–847k copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 280 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Management (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Crime, priced around $20.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 36 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
Drug Dealer Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 521k–847k 6.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.9M before the cut	$19.99	21k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCrime
Definitely Not Fried Chicken 2023	Est. copies ≈ 63k–103k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $436k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $793k–$1.8M before the cut	$24.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Management Simulation
112 Operator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 182k–296k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before the cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRealistic
Evil Genius 2: World Domination 2021	Est. copies ≈ 328k–533k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.6M–$9.7M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$14.9M before the cut	$39.99	13k reviews Mixed	StrategyBase-Building
Weedcraft Inc 2019	Est. copies ≈ 49k–79k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $267k–$719k after Steam's cut $486k–$1.1M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationStrategy
Godlike Burger 2022	Est. copies ≈ 27k–43k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $146k–$393k after Steam's cut $265k–$604k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	CookingTime Management
Cartel Tycoon 2022	Est. copies ≈ 94k–153k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $778k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Top-DownRTS
Basement 2019	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $353k–$950k after Steam's cut $642k–$1.5M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ManagementStrategy