How much revenue did Japan Train Models - JR East Edition make?

$762–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Japan Train Models - JR East Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Japan Train Models - JR East Edition sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $762–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Only 8 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Japan Train Models - JR East Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Japan Train Models - JR East Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 42k–58k

best case 56.0M (Rust)

Games like Japan Train Models - JR East Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 42k–58k copies

≈ $327k–$508k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Rust at ≈ 42.7M–69.3M copies, ≈ $469.3M–$1261.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 86k reviews in their first month; the range was 461 to 184k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Crafting (8 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Crafting, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Survival + Base-Building; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2026, and 2 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).

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