How much revenue did Pets Hotel make?

$52k–$141k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pets Hotel sell?

Q: How many copies did Pets Hotel sell?

11k to 17k copies, based on its 426 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–17k; $52k–$141k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before Steam's cut; from 426 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 Pets Hotel and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pets Hotel's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–6.9M

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Pets Hotel

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–6.9M copies

≈ $17.2M–$94.4M after Steam's cut

from ~67k 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: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.2M–11.7M copies, ≈ $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Sandbox (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2021, 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 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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Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut $143.6M–$326.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Europa Universalis IV 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.5M–13.8M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $116.6M–$313.5M after Steam's cut $212.0M–$482.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	134k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
House Flipper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 1.7x 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
Crusader Kings II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	74k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021	Est. copies ≈ 963k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
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
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
Stormworks: Build and Rescue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	60k reviews Very Positive	SandboxBase-Building