How much revenue did SIMULACRA 2 make?

$92k–$248k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SIMULACRA 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did SIMULACRA 2 sell?

42k to 68k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 42k–68k; $92k–$248k after Steam's cut $167k–$381k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid SIMULACRA 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SIMULACRA 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 207k–474k

best case 655k (The Test)

Games like SIMULACRA 2

A typical game among these

≈ 207k–474k copies

≈ $278k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: The Test at ≈ 499k–810k copies, ≈ $273k–$734k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 732 reviews in their first month; the range was 75 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choices Matter (5 of 8) and Choose Your Own Adventure (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choose Your Own Adventure + Simulation, priced around $2.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2023, 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 43 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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The Test 2020	Est. copies ≈ 499k–810k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $273k–$734k after Steam's cut $496k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$1.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureSimulation
Cyber Manhunt 2021	Est. copies ≈ 390k–634k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRPG
SIMULACRA 2017	Est. copies ≈ 161k–262k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $221k–$595k after Steam's cut $402k–$915k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	HorrorDetective
Pathologic 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 352k–572k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.0M before Steam's cut	$34.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
The Test: Final Revelation 2020	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $73k–$196k after Steam's cut $132k–$301k before Steam's cut	$1.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationChoose Your Own Adventure
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege 2020	Est. copies ≈ 312k–507k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFree to Play
Breakout 13 2023	Est. copies ≈ 186k–302k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $511k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $928k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	FMVInteractive Fiction
The Test: Hypothesis Rising 2020	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $80k–$216k after Steam's cut $146k–$332k before Steam's cut	$1.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationMultiple Endings