How many copies did DCS World Steam Edition sell?

2.6M to 4.2M copies, based on its 41k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did DCS World Steam Edition make?

DCS World Steam Edition is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is DCS World Steam Edition?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 2.6M–4.2M; from 41k 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 DCS World Steam Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DCS World Steam Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–9.7M

best case 65.2M (War Thunder)

Games like DCS World Steam Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 1.9M–9.7M copies

≈ $14.7M–$32.5M after Steam's cut

from ~60k 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.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 31k reviews in their first month; the range was 11k to 32k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (5 of 8) and Flight (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Vehicular Combat.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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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The Crew™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 1.7x 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
Stormworks: Build and Rescue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	60k reviews Very Positive	SandboxBase-Building
BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.5M–33.4M 7.0x 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
Brick Rigs 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.2M–$22.0M after Steam's cut $14.8M–$33.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	60k reviews Very Positive	SandboxDestruction
War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49.7M–80.7M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	786k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
Besiege 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationSandbox
Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	SpaceAction
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