How much revenue did Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation make?

$142–$385 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation sell?

Q: How many copies did Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $142–$385 after Steam's cut $259–$592 before Steam's cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Only 3 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 70k–210k

best case 7.1M (World of Warships)

Games like Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation

A typical game among these

≈ 70k–210k copies

≈ $367k–$812k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: World of Warships at ≈ 5.4M–8.8M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Historical (7 of 8) and Naval (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Naval Combat + Co-op, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Grand Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 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 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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