How much revenue did Game Builder Tycoon make?

$12k–$33k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Game Builder Tycoon sell?

Q: How many copies did Game Builder Tycoon sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 181 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before the cut; from 181 reviews (Mostly 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 Game Builder Tycoon out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Game Builder Tycoon's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–96k

best case 254k (Mad Games Tycoon 2)

Games like Game Builder Tycoon

The middle of these games

≈ 10k–96k copies

≈ $37k–$290k after Steam's cut

from ~544 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: Mad Games Tycoon 2 at ≈ 194k–315k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 144 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 67 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Management (8 of 8) and Economy (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Economy, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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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Mad Games Tycoon 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 194k–315k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut	$24.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ManagementEconomy
PC Tycoon 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before the cut	$7.99	345 reviews Very Positive	EconomyTime Management
City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 47k–76k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $258k–$695k after Steam's cut $470k–$1.1M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
GamersGoMakers 2014	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $55k–$149k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before the cut	$8.99	399 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationIndie
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Game Dev Studio 2018	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $58k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$238k before the cut	$9.99	689 reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
Villa's Blinds 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before the cut	$4.99	209 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCasual
Game Dev Masters 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$85k before the cut	$14.99	200 reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management