How much revenue did Check Inn make?

$21k–$58k 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 210 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $21k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut; from 210 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 Check Inn and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Check Inn's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–47k

best case 86k (Rail Route)

Games like Check Inn

A typical game among these

≈ 11k–47k copies

≈ $75k–$480k after Steam's cut

from ~516 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Rail Route at ≈ 65k–106k copies, ≈ $449k–$1.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Building + Management, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 1 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 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–106k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $449k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $817k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	BuildingManagement
Urbek City Builder 2022	Est. copies ≈ 50k–80k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $259k–$695k after Steam's cut $470k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$18.99	2k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderBuilding
RAILGRADE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k 2.5x vs typical 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
Power to the People 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before Steam's cut	$14.99	556 reviews Very Positive	ManagementEconomy
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