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How many copies did V-Air Traffic Control sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 918–1k
$2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut
from 37 reviews (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 V-Air Traffic Control out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including V-Air Traffic Control's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–11k
best case 271k (Airport CEO)
Games like V-Air Traffic Control

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–11k copies

≈ $7k–$62k after Steam's cut

from ~117 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Airport CEO at ≈ 207k–336k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 20 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 4k.
Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Immersive Sim (8 of 8) and Flight (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Flight + Resource Management, priced around $25.
The era
The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, and 2 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Air Traffic: Greenlight
2022
Est. copies
≈ 5k–8k
1.7x vs typical
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$11k–$29k after Steam's cut $19k–$44k before the cut
$7.99
195 reviews
Very Positive
Time ManagementFlight
ATC Flight Operator
2025
Est. copies
≈ 99–161
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before the cut
$9.99
4 reviews
4 user reviews
SimulationFlight
Endless ATC
2017
Est. copies
≈ 18k–30k
4.5x vs typical
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$165k before the cut
$7.99
529 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
FlightManagement
Hazeron Starship
2023
Est. copies
≈ 3k–4k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before the cut
$19.99
104 reviews
Very Positive
ExplorationFPS
Airport CEO
2021
Est. copies
≈ 207k–336k
71x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before the cut
$24.99
8k reviews
Very Positive
FlightResource Management
FireJumpers Inferno
2022
Est. copies
≈ 2k–3k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
76 reviews
Mixed
Flight Catastrophe
2025
Est. copies
≈ 570–927
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut
$7.99
23 reviews
Negative
ActionSimulation
sim4D ATC
2023
Est. copies
≈ 3k–5k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
129 reviews
Mixed

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