How much revenue did Star Trucker make?

$920k–$2.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Trucker sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Trucker sell?

134k to 217k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 134k–217k; $920k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Star Trucker and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Trucker's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 264k–3.8M

best case 78.3M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

Games like Star Trucker

A typical game among these

≈ 264k–3.8M copies

≈ $3.2M–$48.7M after Steam's cut

from ~15k 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.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 700 reviews in their first month; the range was 103 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Driving (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2022, 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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Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.7x vs typical 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
Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.7M–97.0M 64x 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
Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 428k–695k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mixed	SailingNaval Combat
Construction Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 363k–591k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	SimulationMultiplayer
Contraband Police: Prologue 2021	Est. copies ≈ 189k–307k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAction
American Truck Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 13x 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
Tower! Simulator 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $467k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $850k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$59.99	1k reviews Mixed	FlightSimulation
Train Sim World® 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 205k–333k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationTrains