How much revenue did Train Sim World® 5 make?

$1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Train Sim World® 5 sell?

Q: How many copies did Train Sim World® 5 sell?

130k to 211k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 130k–211k; $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before the cut; from 5k reviews (Mostly 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 Train Sim World® 5 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Train Sim World® 5's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 109k–136k

best case 367k (Derail Valley)

Games like Train Sim World® 5

The middle of these games

≈ 109k–136k copies

≈ $1.2M–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Derail Valley at ≈ 279k–454k copies, ≈ $3.1M–$8.3M 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 827 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 619 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Trains (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Trains + Simulation, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Driving; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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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Tracks - The Train Set Game 2019	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $246k–$661k after Steam's cut $447k–$1.0M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Derail Valley 2019	Est. copies ≈ 279k–454k 2.6x 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 2.2x 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® 2020 2017	Est. copies ≈ 241k–391k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $859k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$12.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
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Railroader 2023	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $726k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessSimulation
Train Sim World® 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 115k–186k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before the cut	$24.99	5k reviews Mostly 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