How much revenue did Surgeon Simulator make?

An estimated 2.4M to 6.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Surgeon Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Surgeon Simulator sell?

An estimated 877k to 1.4M copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 877k–1.4M; $2.4M–$6.5M net $4.4M–$10.0M gross; 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 Surgeon Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Surgeon Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.6M–11.9M

best case 85.1M (Garry's Mod)

The Physics lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 8.8M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 8.8M copies

≈ $69.6M after Steam's cut

from ~151k reviews

Best case

≈ 85.1M copies

Garry's Mod · ≈ $328.7M after Steam's cut

from 1.2M reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

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 Sandbox + Moddable, priced around $10.
The breakout hits carry Casual + First-Person + Moddable; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2006 to 2021, 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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