How much revenue did World of Retailing make?

$956–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did World of Retailing sell?

Q: How many copies did World of Retailing sell?

174 to 282 copies, based on its 7 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174–282; $956–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut; from 7 reviews (7 user reviews); Thin evidence: 7 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left World of Retailing out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including World of Retailing's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 158k–199k

best case 1.2M (X4: Foundations)

Games like World of Retailing

The middle of these games

≈ 158k–199k copies

≈ $512k–$1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: X4: Foundations at ≈ 915k–1.5M copies, ≈ $12.6M–$33.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 10k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 460 to 14k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Economy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Capitalism; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2026, and 1 of your 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
Big Ambitions 2026	Est. copies ≈ 355k–578k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.5M before the cut	$25.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessManagement
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers 2022	Est. copies ≈ 570k–927k 7.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$16.9M after Steam's cut $11.4M–$25.9M before the cut	$39.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCrime
X3: Terran Conflict 2008	Est. copies ≈ 182k–295k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $798k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before the cut	$15.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SpaceSimulation
Rise of Industry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $996k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ManagementStrategy
X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 915k–1.5M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.6M–$33.8M after Steam's cut $22.9M–$52.0M before the cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
NIMBY Rails 2021	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $315k–$848k after Steam's cut $574k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessTransportation
Rules Of Survival 2018	Est. copies ≈ 152k–246k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Mixed	Battle RoyaleAction
Shoppe Keep 2016	Est. copies ≈ 120k–195k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $165k–$444k after Steam's cut $300k–$683k before the cut	$4.99	3k reviews Mixed	SimulationRPG