How much revenue did Subway Train Simulator 2D make?

$953–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Subway Train Simulator 2D sell?

Q: How many copies did Subway Train Simulator 2D sell?

694 to 1k copies, based on its 28 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 694–1k; $953–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 28 reviews (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 Subway Train Simulator 2D and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Subway Train Simulator 2D's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 141k–220k

best case 1.9M (Train Simulator Classic)

Games like Subway Train Simulator 2D

A typical game among these

≈ 141k–220k copies

≈ $1.5M–$2.0M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Train Simulator Classic at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $11.9M–$31.9M 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 748 reviews in their first month; the range was 618 to 985.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Driving (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Trains, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Casual + Relaxing + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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Train Sim World® 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 205k–333k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Sim World® 2020 2017	Est. copies ≈ 240k–391k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $859k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Simulator Classic 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 6.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut $21.6M–$49.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	29k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
Trainz: A New Era 2015	Est. copies ≈ 122k–198k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Sim World® 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $824k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	TrainsSimulation
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019 2019	Est. copies ≈ 79k–129k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $874k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Sim World® 5 2024	Est. copies ≈ 130k–212k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationAdventure
Train Sim World® 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains