How much revenue did Plane Accident make?

$25k–$67k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Plane Accident sell?

Q: How many copies did Plane Accident sell?

8k to 12k copies, based on its 305 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–12k; $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$103k before Steam's cut; from 305 reviews (Mixed)

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 Plane Accident and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Plane Accident's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–3.6M

best case 4.5M (House Flipper)

Games like Plane Accident

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–3.6M copies

≈ $15.4M–$20.9M after Steam's cut

from ~57k 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: House Flipper at ≈ 3.4M–5.5M copies, ≈ $23.4M–$63.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Outbreak Sim (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Design & Illustration, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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Pestis 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$94k before Steam's cut	$24.99	109 reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorEducation
COVID: The Outbreak 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut	$13.99	97 reviews Mostly Positive	Outbreak SimGrand Strategy
Plague Inc: Evolved 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.5M 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
PC Building Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.4M–$22.5M after Steam's cut $15.2M–$34.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	53k reviews Very Positive	SimulationEducation
House Flipper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$63.0M after Steam's cut $42.6M–$96.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	112k reviews Very Positive	SimulationDesign & Illustration
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M 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
Bio Inc. Redemption 2018	Est. copies ≈ 99k–161k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $353k–$950k after Steam's cut $642k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$12.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Medical SimOutbreak Sim
Ministry of Pandemic 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before Steam's cut	$4.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	IndieStrategy