How much revenue did Modern Game Tycoon make?

$901–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Modern Game Tycoon sell?

Q: How many copies did Modern Game Tycoon sell?

298 to 484 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 298–484; $901–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 12 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 619–396k

best case 3.7M (Game Dev Tycoon)

Games like Modern Game Tycoon

A typical game among these

≈ 619–396k copies

≈ $970–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~104 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Game Dev Tycoon at ≈ 2.9M–4.6M copies, ≈ $7.8M–$21.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 10 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 701.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Economy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Game Dev Tycoon 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.6M 437x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.1M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Management Simulation
City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k 18x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $260k–$699k after Steam's cut $473k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
Electrify 2020	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $164–$441 after Steam's cut $298–$678 before Steam's cut	$4.00	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Simulation Puzzle
Two Point Hospital 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 338x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.6M after Steam's cut $16.0M–$36.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	35k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Ancient Dino Runner 2021	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $646–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	19 reviews Mixed	RacingSide Scroller
Software Company 2023	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$9.99	24 reviews Mostly Negative	EconomyGame Development
Hacker life simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $128–$345 after Steam's cut $233–$531 before Steam's cut	$0.99	19 reviews Mixed	SimulationHacking
Game Builder Tycoon 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5k–7k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before Steam's cut	$9.99	183 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationGame Development