How much revenue did City of Gangsters make?

$318k–$855k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did City of Gangsters sell?

Q: How many copies did City of Gangsters sell?

39k to 63k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 39k–63k; $318k–$855k after Steam's cut $578k–$1.3M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left City of Gangsters out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including City of Gangsters's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 76k–297k

best case 726k (Drug Dealer Simulator)

The Management genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 76k–297k copies

≈ $611k–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Best case

≈ 553k–899k copies

Drug Dealer Simulator · ≈ $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Management (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Crime, priced around $20.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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