How many copies did Playing God sell?

893 to 1k copies, based on its 36 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Playing God make?

Playing God is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Playing God?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 893–1k; from 36 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 Playing God and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Playing God's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–13k

best case 26k (Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay)

Games like Playing God

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–13k copies

≈ $10k–$127k after Steam's cut

from ~186 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: Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay at ≈ 20k–33k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 29 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 75.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sci-fi (7 of 8) and VR (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Robots.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	586 reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayVR
ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos 2021	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $84k–$225k after Steam's cut $152k–$347k before Steam's cut	$29.99	410 reviews Very Positive	VRVisual Novel
The Assembly 2016	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $58k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$238k before Steam's cut	$29.99	168 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureIndie
hallucination - 幻觉 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut	$9.99	204 reviews Very Positive	Sci-fiVisual Novel
TOKYO CHRONOS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81k–$216k after Steam's cut $146k–$333k before Steam's cut	$29.99	339 reviews Very Positive	VRVisual Novel
Journey to Foundation 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before Steam's cut	$24.99	57 reviews Mixed	Sci-fiStory Rich
Starship Commander: Arcade 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$2.99	53 reviews Mixed	Voice ControlVR
Cold Start: The Callisto 2022	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$10.99	21 reviews Mixed	Early AccessVR