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How many copies did GRIDROAD sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 11k–17k
$29k–$79k after Steam's cut $54k–$122k before the cut
from 432 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left GRIDROAD out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including GRIDROAD's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 58k–93k
best case 792k (Mini Motorways)
Games like GRIDROAD

The middle of these games

≈ 58k–93k copies

≈ $373k–$514k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mini Motorways at ≈ 604k–981k copies, ≈ $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

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 313 to 6k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Puzzle + Simulation, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Minimalist + Indie + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
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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Station to Station
2023
Est. copies
≈ 48k–79k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$239k–$643k after Steam's cut $435k–$990k before the cut
$17.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
RAILGRADE
2023
Est. copies
≈ 31k–50k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before the cut
$29.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyTrains
Mini Metro
2015
Est. copies
≈ 816k–1.3M
8.1x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before the cut
$9.99
17k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
StrategyPuzzle
Mini Motorways
2021
Est. copies
≈ 604k–981k
12x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before the cut
$9.99
24k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
StrategySimulation
Disassembly 3D
2017
Est. copies
≈ 11k–19k
too small to compare
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$95k–$255k after Steam's cut $172k–$392k before the cut
$29.99
334 reviews
Very Positive
SimulationIndie
Freeways
2018
Est. copies
≈ 67k–109k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$92k–$247k after Steam's cut $167k–$380k before the cut
$4.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
SimulationIndie
Fly Corp
2023
Est. copies
≈ 84k–137k
1.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$347k–$932k after Steam's cut $630k–$1.4M before the cut
$14.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
TransportationCasual
铁道物语:陆王(Railway Saga:Land King)
2019
Est. copies
≈ 14k–22k
too small to compare
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$38k–$101k after Steam's cut $68k–$155k before the cut
$9.99
474 reviews
Mostly Positive
CasualSimulation

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