How much revenue did Speaking Simulator make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Speaking Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Speaking Simulator sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 70 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut; from 70 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 Speaking Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Speaking Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 26k–483k

best case 1.4M (Surgeon Simulator)

Games like Speaking Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 26k–483k copies

≈ $114k–$2.6M 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.

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Surgeon Simulator at ≈ 1.1M–1.7M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and Physics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Physics, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2021, 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Surgeon Simulator 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before the cut	$9.99	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFunny
Stilt Fella 2020	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $78k–$210k after Steam's cut $142k–$323k before the cut	$12.99	882 reviews Very Positive	PhysicsDifficult
while True: learn() 2019	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $841k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingSimulation
Ria's Hook 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before the cut	$2.99	466 reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Octodad: Dadliest Catch 2014	Est. copies ≈ 599k–974k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before the cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ComedyPhysics
Simple Fish Adventure 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$53k before the cut	$3.99	467 reviews Very Positive	PhysicsSimulation
Ampu-Tea 2014	Est. copies ≈ 113k–184k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $155k–$417k after Steam's cut $282k–$641k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mixed	SimulationIndie
I Am Bread 2015	Est. copies ≈ 291k–472k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before the cut	$12.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFunny