How much revenue did The Cyclist: Tactics make?

$13k–$34k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Cyclist: Tactics sell?

Q: How many copies did The Cyclist: Tactics sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 103 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before Steam's cut; from 103 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 The Cyclist: Tactics and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Cyclist: Tactics's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 19k–24k

best case 28k (Pro Cycling Manager 2019)

Games like The Cyclist: Tactics

A typical game among these

≈ 19k–24k copies

≈ $83k–$191k after Steam's cut

from ~470 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Pro Cycling Manager 2019 at ≈ 21k–34k copies, ≈ $58k–$156k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Management (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Simulation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 70 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
Pro Cycling Manager 2023 2023	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $175k–$471k after Steam's cut $318k–$724k before Steam's cut	$39.99	642 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationSports
Pro Cycling Manager 2019 2019	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before Steam's cut	$9.99	735 reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
Pro Cycling Manager 2017 2017	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $44k–$119k after Steam's cut $81k–$184k before Steam's cut	$9.99	470 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
Pro Cycling Manager 2014 2014	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $77k–$176k before Steam's cut	$9.99	277 reviews Mixed	SimulationSports
Pro Cycling Manager 2015 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before Steam's cut	$4.99	406 reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
Pro Cycling Manager 2016 2016	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$189k before Steam's cut	$9.99	399 reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
Pro Cycling Manager 2018 2018	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before Steam's cut	$14.99	416 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
Pro Cycling Manager 2024 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $149k–$402k after Steam's cut $272k–$618k before Steam's cut	$39.99	548 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsCycling