How much revenue did Izmir: An Independence Simulator make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Izmir: An Independence Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Izmir: An Independence Simulator sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 83 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 83 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 Izmir: An Independence Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Izmir: An Independence Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 94k–341k

best case 499k (Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense)

Games like Izmir: An Independence Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 94k–341k copies

≈ $392k–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense at ≈ 380k–617k copies, ≈ $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (6 of 8) and Auto Battler (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Auto Battler, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2025, and 3 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).

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