How much revenue did Toy Trains make?

$11k–$30k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Toy Trains sell?

Q: How many copies did Toy Trains sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 108 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before the cut; from 108 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 Toy Trains out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Toy Trains's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 94k–293k

best case 1.9M (Train Simulator Classic)

Games like Toy Trains

The middle of these games

≈ 94k–293k copies

≈ $760k–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Train Simulator Classic at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $11.8M–$31.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 619 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 395 to 827.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and Trains (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Trains, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, and none of them 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).

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Rolling Line 2018	Est. copies ≈ 79k–128k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $434k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $789k–$1.8M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TrainsSimulation
Tiny Town VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $178k–$479k after Steam's cut $324k–$737k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Megaton Rainfall 2017	Est. copies ≈ 79k–128k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $346k–$930k after Steam's cut $629k–$1.4M before the cut	$15.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SuperheroDestruction
TramSim Vienna - The Tram Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 52k–84k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $499k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $908k–$2.1M before the cut	$34.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationSingleplayer
Derail Valley 2019	Est. copies ≈ 279k–454k 2.9x 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
Train Sim World® 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 205k–333k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.7M before the cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Sim World® 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 99k–162k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $821k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	TrainsSimulation
Train Simulator Classic 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 8.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.8M–$31.8M after Steam's cut $21.5M–$48.9M before the cut	$29.99	29k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains