How much revenue did Train Valley World make?

$40k–$109k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Train Valley World sell?

Q: How many copies did Train Valley World sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 297 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $40k–$109k after Steam's cut $74k–$167k before the cut; from 297 reviews (Mostly 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 Train Valley World out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Train Valley World's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 106k–413k

best case 1.2M (Transport Fever 2)

Games like Train Valley World

The middle of these games

≈ 106k–413k copies

≈ $788k–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Transport Fever 2 at ≈ 934k–1.5M copies, ≈ $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 303 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Trains (8 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Management, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Train Valley 2015	Est. copies ≈ 169k–274k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $463k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $842k–$1.9M before the cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Replay ValueResource Management
Plan B: Terraform 2025	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $391k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $712k–$1.6M before the cut	$15.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAutomation
Derail Valley 2019	Est. copies ≈ 279k–454k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.7M before the cut	$39.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessTrains
Railway Empire 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 66k–107k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $903k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$49.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationStrategy
Mashinky 2018	Est. copies ≈ 86k–139k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $588k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessStrategy
Railbound 2022	Est. copies ≈ 48k–78k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $171k–$459k after Steam's cut $310k–$705k before the cut	$12.99	2k reviews Very Positive	WholesomeTrains
OpenTTD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 420k–683k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.5M before the cut	$39.99	32k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy