How much revenue did GRIDROAD make?

$30k–$80k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did GRIDROAD sell?

Q: How many copies did GRIDROAD sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 436 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before Steam's cut; from 436 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 GRIDROAD and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including GRIDROAD's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 58k–94k

best case 796k (Mini Motorways)

Games like GRIDROAD

A typical game among these

≈ 58k–94k copies

≈ $376k–$523k 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mini Motorways at ≈ 607k–986k copies, ≈ $1.7M–$4.5M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 313 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Simulation, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Minimalist + Indie + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Station to Station 2023	Est. copies ≈ 49k–79k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $241k–$648k after Steam's cut $438k–$996k before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Puzzle
RAILGRADE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $261k–$703k after Steam's cut $475k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTrains
Mini Metro 2015	Est. copies ≈ 819k–1.3M 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyPuzzle
Mini Motorways 2021	Est. copies ≈ 607k–986k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategySimulation
Disassembly 3D 2017	Est. copies ≈ 11k–19k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $94k–$254k after Steam's cut $172k–$391k before Steam's cut	$29.99	333 reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Freeways 2018	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $92k–$248k after Steam's cut $168k–$382k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Fly Corp 2023	Est. copies ≈ 85k–138k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $350k–$941k after Steam's cut $636k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	TransportationCasual
铁道物语：陆王（Railway Saga:Land King） 2019	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $38k–$101k after Steam's cut $68k–$155k before Steam's cut	$9.99	474 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualSimulation