How many copies did DF-41 Simulator sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 236 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did DF-41 Simulator make?

DF-41 Simulator is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is DF-41 Simulator?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 6k–10k; from 236 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 DF-41 Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DF-41 Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 245k–363k

best case 5.0M (Totally Accurate Battle Simulator)

Games like DF-41 Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 245k–363k copies

≈ $1.7M–$5.0M 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: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator at ≈ 3.8M–6.2M copies, ≈ $21.0M–$56.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 967 to 55k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Sandbox (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2026, 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 79 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
Europa Universalis IV 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.5M–13.8M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $116.6M–$313.5M after Steam's cut $212.0M–$482.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	134k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Terra Invicta 2026	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	10k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 7.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.0M–$53.8M after Steam's cut $36.4M–$82.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game
Easy Red 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 377k–612k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $932k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$8.99	15k reviews Very Positive	World War IIAction
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.0M–$56.6M after Steam's cut $38.3M–$87.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	154k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSimulation
Steel Division 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 277k–449k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRTS
Animal Revolt Battle Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 170k–277k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $703k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieSandbox
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 186k–303k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox