How much revenue did Malmyr make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Malmyr sell?

Q: How many copies did Malmyr sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 41 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before the cut; from 41 reviews (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 Malmyr out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Malmyr's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 64k–74k

best case 792k (Mini Motorways)

Games like Malmyr

The middle of these games

≈ 64k–74k copies

≈ $425k–$659k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Mini Motorways at ≈ 604k–981k copies, ≈ $1.7M–$4.5M 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 941 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 406 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (7 of 8) and City Builder (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $7. The breakout hits carry Minimalist + Indie + Relaxing; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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 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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Mini Motorways 2021	Est. copies ≈ 604k–981k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before the cut	$9.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategySimulation
Rail Route 2024	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $444k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $807k–$1.8M before the cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	BuildingManagement
Station to Station 2023	Est. copies ≈ 48k–79k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $239k–$643k after Steam's cut $435k–$990k before the cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Puzzle
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Block'hood 2017	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $178k–$480k after Steam's cut $324k–$738k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	City Builder Simulation
TerraScape 2024	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $227k–$612k after Steam's cut $414k–$941k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerCo-op
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