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How many copies did Ad Agency Simulator sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 298–484
$163–$438 after Steam's cut $297–$674 before the cut
from 12 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–51k
best case 40.4M (Wallpaper Engine)
Games like Ad Agency Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 18k–51k copies

≈ $141k–$435k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 30.8M–50.0M copies, ≈ $42.2M–$113.5M 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 128 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 6 to 432.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Simulation (6 of 8) and Exploration (3 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Mature + Utilities + Anime; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Wallpaper Engine
2018
Est. copies
≈ 30.8M–50.0M
832x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
$42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before the cut
$4.99
1.0M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
MatureUtilities
Flutter Away
2023
Est. copies
≈ 3k–5k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$11k–$29k after Steam's cut $19k–$44k before the cut
$12.99
121 reviews
Very Positive
ExplorationHidden Object
Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist
2023
Est. copies
≈ 34k–55k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$232k–$623k after Steam's cut $421k–$959k before the cut
$24.99
1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
SimulationIndie
Pupperazzi: The Dog Photography Game
2022
Est. copies
≈ 14k–22k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$75k–$202k after Steam's cut $137k–$311k before the cut
$19.99
552 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ExplorationPhoto Editing
Cricket 22
2021
Est. copies
≈ 44k–71k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$538k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $979k–$2.2M before the cut
$44.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
SimulationSports
Premium Bowling
2019
Est. copies
≈ 14k–23k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$77k–$207k after Steam's cut $140k–$319k before the cut
$19.99
487 reviews
Very Positive
SportsSimulation
Umurangi Generation
2020
Est. copies
≈ 30k–49k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$124k–$335k after Steam's cut $226k–$515k before the cut
$14.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
IndieCasual
Endorphin Vice
2022
Est. copies
≈ 87k–142k
2.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$240k–$645k after Steam's cut $436k–$993k before the cut
$9.99
4k reviews
Mixed
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