How much revenue did SIMULACRA 3 make?

$25k–$67k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SIMULACRA 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did SIMULACRA 3 sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 365 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$103k before the cut; from 365 reviews (Mixed)

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 SIMULACRA 3 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SIMULACRA 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–34k

best case 345k (No Case Should Remain Unsolved)

Games like SIMULACRA 3

The middle of these games

≈ 24k–34k copies

≈ $53k–$124k after Steam's cut

from ~767 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: No Case Should Remain Unsolved at ≈ 263k–427k copies, ≈ $505k–$1.4M 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 508 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 296 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Immersive Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Investigation + Puzzle, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Investigation + Conspiracy + Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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