How much revenue did Science Simulator make?

$450–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Science Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Science Simulator sell?

273 to 443 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 273–443; $450–$1k after Steam's cut $818–$2k before the cut; from 11 reviews (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 Science Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Science Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 472k–1.6M

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Science Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 472k–1.6M copies

≈ $5.4M–$20.5M after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.1M–11.6M copies, ≈ $78.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Realistic (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2022, 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 70 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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Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.6M 7.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $78.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut $142.9M–$325.1M before the cut	$39.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers 2022	Est. copies ≈ 568k–922k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before the cut	$29.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCrime
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 422k–686k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.9M–$34.7M after Steam's cut $23.5M–$53.4M before the cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
Google Earth VR 2016	Est. copies ≈ 173k–280k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	VRFree to Play
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	20k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
X-Plane 11 2017	Est. copies ≈ 697k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.7M–$15.5M after Steam's cut $10.4M–$23.8M before the cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
Barn Finders 2020	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $604k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCasual