How much revenue did Check Inn make?

$21k–$57k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Check Inn sell?

Q: How many copies did Check Inn sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 206 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $38k–$87k before the cut; from 206 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Check Inn out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Check Inn's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–47k

best case 85k (Rail Route)

Games like Check Inn

The middle of these games

≈ 11k–47k copies

≈ $75k–$475k after Steam's cut

from ~516 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Rail Route at ≈ 65k–105k copies, ≈ $445k–$1.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 251 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 49 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on City Builder (7 of 8) and Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Building + Management, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 38 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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Rail Route 2024	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $445k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $810k–$1.8M before the cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	BuildingManagement
Urbek City Builder 2022	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $257k–$690k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before the cut	$18.99	2k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderBuilding
RAILGRADE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $258k–$695k after Steam's cut $470k–$1.1M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTrains
Power to the People 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $104k–$236k before the cut	$14.99	557 reviews Very Positive	ManagementEconomy
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