How much revenue did SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition make?

An estimated 2.8M to 7.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition sell?

An estimated 508k to 825k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 508k–825k; $2.8M–$7.5M net $5.1M–$11.5M gross; from 10k 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 SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 263k–625k

best case 1.7M (Medieval Dynasty)

The Building lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 411k copies.

A typical game

≈ 411k copies

≈ $4.5M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.7M copies

Medieval Dynasty · ≈ $22.6M after Steam's cut

from 51k reviews

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 Crafting + Building, priced around $35.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, 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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