How much revenue did Simantik make?

$4k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Simantik sell?

Q: How many copies did Simantik sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut; from 21 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 Simantik and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Simantik's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 106k–418k

best case 1.1M (FAR: Lone Sails)

Games like Simantik

A typical game among these

≈ 106k–418k copies

≈ $1.5M–$4.1M 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: FAR: Lone Sails at ≈ 806k–1.3M copies, ≈ $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (6 of 8) and Survival (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Post-apocalyptic + Exploration, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2021, 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 70 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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Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 100k–163k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SteampunkLovecraftian
FAR: Lone Sails 2018	Est. copies ≈ 806k–1.3M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AtmosphericAdventure
Sir, You Are Being Hunted 2014	Est. copies ≈ 219k–355k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Survival Stealth
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Scrapnaut 2021	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $80k–$215k after Steam's cut $145k–$331k before Steam's cut	$13.99	838 reviews Mixed	BuildingSurvival
SUNLESS SEA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 467k–759k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$18.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationLovecraftian
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