How much revenue did The Good Life make?

An estimated 65k to 174k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Good Life sell?

Q: How many copies did The Good Life sell?

An estimated 8k to 13k copies, based on its 317 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $65k–$174k net $118k–$268k gross; from 317 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 The Good Life out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Good Life's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 25k–191k

best case 698k (The Test)

The Simulation lane

A niche genre: modest ceilings, most sell around 50k copies, so plan for a small audience.

A typical game

≈ 50k copies

≈ $158k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Best case

≈ 698k copies

The Test · ≈ $537k after Steam's cut

from 20k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Choose Your Own Adventure + Simulation, priced around $2.
The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Gold ($250k–$1M before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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