How much revenue did Mad Games Tycoon 2 make?

$1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mad Games Tycoon 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Mad Games Tycoon 2 sell?

195k to 316k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 195k–316k; $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 Mad Games Tycoon 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mad Games Tycoon 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 877k–1.5M

best case 40.7M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like Mad Games Tycoon 2

A typical game among these

≈ 877k–1.5M copies

≈ $5.8M–$11.4M after Steam's cut

from ~27k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Design & Illustration (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 31.0M–50.3M copies, ≈ $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 11k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Design & Illustration (4 of 8) and Game Development (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Mature + NSFW + Anime; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, 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 61 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
Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 31.0M–50.3M 38x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut $77.3M–$175.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
Crosshair X 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	46k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Blender 2015	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.3M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Animation & ModelingSoftware
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe 2022	Est. copies ≈ 898k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	36k reviews Very Positive	Multiple EndingsComedy
Aseprite 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsDesign & Illustration
The Beginner's Guide 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	Story Rich Walking Simulator
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered 2020	Est. copies ≈ 376k–610k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	15k reviews Very Positive	RacingDriving
RPG Maker MV 2015	Est. copies ≈ 437k–711k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut $17.5M–$39.8M before Steam's cut	$79.99	9k reviews Very Positive	RPGRPGMaker