How much revenue did Zombie Simulator make?

$4k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zombie Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Zombie Simulator sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 132 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut; from 132 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 Zombie Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zombie Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–251k

best case 3.6M (Plague Inc: Evolved)

Games like Zombie Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 38k–251k copies

≈ $221k–$2.0M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Plague Inc: Evolved at ≈ 2.7M–4.5M copies, ≈ $11.3M–$30.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 579 reviews in their first month; the range was 233 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Zombies (6 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Outbreak Sim, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville 2015	Est. copies ≈ 100k–163k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $750k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
Tin Can 2022	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $186k–$499k after Steam's cut $337k–$767k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSpace
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $149k–$401k after Steam's cut $271k–$617k before Steam's cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Outbreak SimIndie
Infection Free Zone 2024	Est. copies ≈ 464k–753k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessBase-Building
Afterinfection 2025	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $32k–$87k after Steam's cut $59k–$134k before Steam's cut	$8.99	527 reviews Mixed	ZombiesSurvival
Quarantineer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $22k–$58k after Steam's cut $40k–$90k before Steam's cut	$9.99	319 reviews Mostly Positive	Dystopian Survival
Plague Inc: Evolved 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.5M 39x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.3M–$30.4M after Steam's cut $20.6M–$46.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	66k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
ZED ZONE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 92k–149k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $303k–$814k after Steam's cut $551k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$11.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSurvival