How much revenue did Football Simulator make?

$127k–$341k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Football Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Football Simulator sell?

23k to 37k copies, based on its 930 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 23k–37k; $127k–$341k after Steam's cut $231k–$524k before Steam's cut; from 930 reviews (Mostly 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 Football Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Football Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 21k–6.2M

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Football Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 21k–6.2M copies

≈ $172k–$44.7M after Steam's cut

from ~13k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Sports (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2022, and none of them 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 70 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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Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–15.9M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut $97.8M–$222.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	175k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	291k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
CarX Drift Racing Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M 7.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.4M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.4M before Steam's cut	$16.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingPhysics
Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 485k–789k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSkating
Full Ace Tennis Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $111k–$299k after Steam's cut $202k–$461k before Steam's cut	$24.99	533 reviews Very Positive	TennisSimulation
Mini Golf Arena 2018	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $39k–$105k after Steam's cut $71k–$161k before Steam's cut	$8.99	519 reviews Mixed	SportsIndie
PIPE by BMX Streets 2018	Est. copies ≈ 187k–304k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $514k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $934k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
TRUE SKATE™ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut	$19.99	77 reviews Mixed	SportsSkateboarding