How much revenue did SimplePlanes make?

An estimated 1.8M to 4.8M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SimplePlanes sell?

Q: How many copies did SimplePlanes sell?

An estimated 505k to 820k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 505k–820k; $1.8M–$4.8M net $3.3M–$7.5M gross; from 11k 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 SimplePlanes out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SimplePlanes's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 64k–150k

best case 2.0M (Stormworks: Build and Rescue)

The Flight lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 80k copies.

A typical game

≈ 80k copies

≈ $646k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Best case

≈ 2.0M copies

Stormworks: Build and Rescue · ≈ $19.8M after Steam's cut

from 59k 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 Sandbox + Base-Building, priced around $25.
The games you compared span 2019 to 2026, 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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