How much revenue did Frozenheim make?

$536k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Frozenheim sell?

Q: How many copies did Frozenheim sell?

97k to 158k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 97k–158k; $536k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $974k–$2.2M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Frozenheim and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Frozenheim's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.7M–3.0M

best case 3.7M (Planet Zoo)

Games like Frozenheim

A typical game among these

≈ 2.7M–3.0M copies

≈ $21.2M–$58.1M after Steam's cut

from ~84k 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: Planet Zoo at ≈ 2.8M–4.6M copies, ≈ $34.9M–$93.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 26k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 69k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and City Builder (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $45.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2025, and 2 of the 8 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 38 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
Planet Zoo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.9M–$93.8M after Steam's cut $63.4M–$144.3M before Steam's cut	$44.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
Foundation 2025	Est. copies ≈ 608k–988k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.7M after Steam's cut $10.6M–$24.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	25k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Northgard: Definitive Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.1M–$54.1M after Steam's cut $36.6M–$83.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	69k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Cities: Skylines II 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $31.5M–$84.7M after Steam's cut $57.3M–$130.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	92k reviews Mixed	City Builder Simulation
Farming Simulator 19 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$30.9M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	76k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
Anno 1800 2019	Est. copies ≈ 935k–1.5M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderStrategy
OpenTTD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422k–686k too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Supermarket Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$30.9M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	84k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management