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The realistic ceiling for City builder games

Two honest reads of what City builder games do on Steam: the whole market from a systematic sample, and the games gathered here. Kept separate on purpose.

The market
A typical game sells
≈ 0–20k copies
$0–$77k net, est.
The top decile
≈ 200k–500k copies
$769k–$1.9M net, est.

Based on the 1755 City builder games SteamSpy lists, its visible subset, not the whole market. Owners are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The City builder games gathered on wishvane

Across the 152 City builder games compared here, a typical one runs ≈ 59k copies (est.), with Cities: Skylines the biggest at ≈ 17.7M. A small, self-selected sample, not the whole market.

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