How much revenue did Best Life Simulator make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Best Life Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Best Life Simulator sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 42 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut; from 42 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 61k–3.7M

best case 56.5M (Stardew Valley)

Games like Best Life Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 61k–3.7M copies

≈ $345k–$11.5M 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.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.0M–69.9M copies, ≈ $177.4M–$476.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 69k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Life Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $15.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 52 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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Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.0M–69.9M 278x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $177.4M–$476.9M after Steam's cut $322.5M–$733.6M before the cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
The Sims™ 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.0M 54x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	200k reviews Very Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
Supermarket Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.4M–$30.7M after Steam's cut $20.8M–$47.3M before the cut	$19.99	84k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection 2025	Est. copies ≈ 124k–202k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before the cut	$29.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	SandboxLife Sim
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Phoenix Pro Theater Media Player 2021	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $796–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$8.99	13 reviews Positive	CasualSimulation
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