How much revenue did OpenTTD make?

OpenTTD is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did OpenTTD sell?

Q: How many copies did OpenTTD sell?

An estimated 416k to 676k copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 416k–676k; from 17k reviews (Very 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 OpenTTD out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including OpenTTD's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.8M–11.9M

best case 11.8M (Raft)

The Sandbox lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 11.0M copies.

A typical game

≈ 11.0M copies

≈ $130.7M after Steam's cut

from ~266k reviews

Best case

≈ 11.8M copies

Raft · ≈ $91.2M after Steam's cut

from 375k reviews

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are too small to compare.

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 Survival + Multiplayer, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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