How much revenue did RealFlight Evolution make?

$779k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did RealFlight Evolution sell?

Q: How many copies did RealFlight Evolution sell?

40k to 66k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 40k–66k; $779k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Very 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 RealFlight Evolution and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including RealFlight Evolution's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–3.2M

best case 65.2M (War Thunder)

Games like RealFlight Evolution

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–3.2M copies

≈ $19.3M–$49.9M after Steam's cut

from ~49k 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: War Thunder at ≈ 49.7M–80.7M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Flight (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Vehicular Combat + Combat + World War II; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2026, 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
War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49.7M–80.7M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	786k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.5M–33.4M 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $141.2M–$379.6M after Steam's cut $256.7M–$584.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	421k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationDriving
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.1M–$72.7M after Steam's cut $49.2M–$111.9M before Steam's cut	$59.99	57k reviews Very Positive	FlightJet
The Crew™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.2M after Steam's cut $45.5M–$103.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	100k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingOpen World
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition 2026	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.9M–$80.5M after Steam's cut $54.4M–$123.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	73k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFlight
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 950k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.1M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
DCS World Steam Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.5M after Steam's cut $18.6M–$42.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	27k reviews Very Positive	FlightSimulation