How much revenue did Physics of life simulator make?

$14–$36 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Physics of life simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Physics of life simulator sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before Steam's cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Only 2 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 Physics of life simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Physics of life simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 43k–414k

best case 2.1M (Universe Sandbox)

Games like Physics of life simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 43k–414k copies

≈ $316k–$2.1M 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.

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Universe Sandbox at ≈ 1.6M–2.6M copies, ≈ $13.0M–$35.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 855 reviews in their first month; the range was 554 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Sandbox (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Space, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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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