How much revenue did SailSim make?

$782–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SailSim sell?

Q: How many copies did SailSim sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $782–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 23 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 SailSim out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SailSim's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 788k–4.1M

best case 78.0M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

Games like SailSim

The middle of these games

≈ 788k–4.1M copies

≈ $11.3M–$39.9M after Steam's cut

from ~48k 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: Euro Truck Simulator 2 at ≈ 59.4M–96.6M copies, ≈ $326.7M–$878.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 10k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 38k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and Realistic (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2025, and 1 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 79 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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Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.4M–96.6M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $326.7M–$878.4M after Steam's cut $594.0M–$1351.4M before the cut	$19.99	940k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation
Session: Skate Sim 2022	Est. copies ≈ 393k–638k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$17.9M before the cut	$39.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSports
Disney Dreamlight Valley 2023	Est. copies ≈ 612k–994k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$18.1M after Steam's cut $12.2M–$27.8M before the cut	$39.99	25k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingLife Sim
American Truck Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.2M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $44.7M–$120.0M after Steam's cut $81.2M–$184.7M before the cut	$19.99	195k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
SnowRunner 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.4M–$30.6M after Steam's cut $20.7M–$47.1M before the cut	$29.99	56k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
Thief Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.4M before the cut	$19.99	40k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Stealth
Abiotic Factor 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $14.0M–$37.5M after Steam's cut $25.4M–$57.7M before the cut	$34.99	58k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SurvivalOnline Co-Op
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers 2022	Est. copies ≈ 568k–922k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before the cut	$29.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCrime