How much revenue did Make Way make?

$233k–$628k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Make Way sell?

Q: How many copies did Make Way sell?

57k to 92k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 57k–92k; $233k–$628k after Steam's cut $425k–$966k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Make Way and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Make Way's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 568k–1.6M

best case 1.9M (Brick Rigs)

Games like Make Way

A typical game among these

≈ 568k–1.6M copies

≈ $5.0M–$14.6M after Steam's cut

from ~18k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Brick Rigs at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $8.2M–$22.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 10k reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 32k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Building (6 of 8) and Automobile Sim (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Destruction, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, 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).

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Fore Score 2022	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	30 reviews Positive	Fast-PacedMultiplayer
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game 2015	Est. copies ≈ 882k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.3M–$19.6M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Brick Rigs 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.2M–$22.0M after Steam's cut $14.8M–$33.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	60k reviews Very Positive	SandboxDestruction
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.7M–$28.8M after Steam's cut $19.5M–$44.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	57k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
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Blockland 2013	Est. copies ≈ 348k–565k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $956k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	SandboxBuilding
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