How much revenue did Vital Signs: Emergency Department make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Vital Signs: Emergency Department sell?

Q: How many copies did Vital Signs: Emergency Department sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 75 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 75 reviews (Mixed)

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 Vital Signs: Emergency Department and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vital Signs: Emergency Department's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 51k–242k

best case 375k (Project Hospital)

Games like Vital Signs: Emergency Department

A typical game among these

≈ 51k–242k copies

≈ $373k–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Project Hospital at ≈ 286k–464k copies, ≈ $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 3k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Medical Sim (7 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medical Sim + City Builder, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 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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Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal 2016	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $202k–$544k after Steam's cut $368k–$836k before Steam's cut	$19.99	884 reviews Very Positive	CasualMedical Sim
Dental Madness: Cavity Mania 2020	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6 reviews 6 user reviews	SimulationMedical Sim
Let's School 2023	Est. copies ≈ 185k–301k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Management City Builder
Let's School Homeroom 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	CasualSimulation
Accident 2021	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $181k–$486k after Steam's cut $328k–$747k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCasual
Project Hospital 2018	Est. copies ≈ 286k–464k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Medical SimCity Builder
112 Operator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 183k–297k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRealistic
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