How much revenue did Session: Skate Sim make?

$4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Session: Skate Sim sell?

Q: How many copies did Session: Skate Sim sell?

393k to 638k copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 393k–638k; $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$17.9M before the cut; from 16k 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 Session: Skate Sim out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Session: Skate Sim's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–74k

best case 637k (Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game)

Games like Session: Skate Sim

The middle of these games

≈ 17k–74k copies

≈ $104k–$588k 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.

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game at ≈ 485k–788k copies, ≈ $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 422 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 48 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Skateboarding (7 of 8) and Sports (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Skateboarding + Skating, priced around $40.
The era: Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. 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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 485k–788k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before the cut	$39.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSkating
SkateBIRD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 19k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $107k–$287k after Steam's cut $194k–$442k before the cut	$19.99	783 reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingExploration
VR Skater 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $35k–$94k after Steam's cut $64k–$145k before the cut	$19.99	257 reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingVR
BMX The Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $102k–$275k after Steam's cut $186k–$424k before the cut	$24.99	601 reviews Mixed	BMXSports
Driftwood 2025	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $172k–$463k after Steam's cut $313k–$712k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessExploration
BMX Streets 2024	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $758k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
Skate City 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $29k–$65k before the cut	$14.99	154 reviews Very Positive	SkatingSkateboarding
The Ramp 2021	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $63k–$171k after Steam's cut $115k–$263k before the cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSports