How much revenue did Water Physics Simulation make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Water Physics Simulation sell?

Q: How many copies did Water Physics Simulation sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 98 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut; from 98 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 Water Physics Simulation out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Water Physics Simulation's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.3M–6.2M

best case 26.7M (BeamNG.drive)

Games like Water Physics Simulation

The middle of these games

≈ 3.3M–6.2M copies

≈ $21.9M–$92.1M after Steam's cut

from ~111k 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: BeamNG.drive at ≈ 20.3M–33.0M copies, ≈ $139.6M–$375.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Physics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Driving, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2021, and none of them 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 70 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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