How much revenue did SubwaySim Hamburg make?

$112k–$300k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SubwaySim Hamburg sell?

Q: How many copies did SubwaySim Hamburg sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 468 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $112k–$300k after Steam's cut $203k–$462k before Steam's cut; from 468 reviews (Mostly Positive)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 681k–1.7M

best case 78.3M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

Games like SubwaySim Hamburg

A typical game among these

≈ 681k–1.7M copies

≈ $5.9M–$15.2M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: Euro Truck Simulator 2 at ≈ 59.7M–97.0M copies, ≈ $328.0M–$881.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Driving (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Transportation + Moddable + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2025, 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
Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.7M–97.0M 51x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $328.0M–$881.9M after Steam's cut $596.4M–$1356.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	944k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation
MudRunner 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.4M–$22.5M after Steam's cut $15.2M–$34.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	44k reviews Very Positive	OffroadSimulation
Drive Beyond Horizons 2025	Est. copies ≈ 504k–819k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.3M after Steam's cut $6.3M–$14.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	20k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAdventure
SnowRunner 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$31.1M after Steam's cut $21.0M–$47.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	56k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
Jalopy 2018	Est. copies ≈ 345k–561k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
Gold Mining Simulator 2017	Est. copies ≈ 565k–918k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationMining
American Truck Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $45.0M–$120.9M after Steam's cut $81.7M–$186.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	197k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
OMSI 2: Steam Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 942k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$20.9M after Steam's cut $14.1M–$32.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation