How much revenue did Train Sim World® 5 make?

$1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Train Sim World® 5 sell?

Q: How many copies did Train Sim World® 5 sell?

130k to 212k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 130k–212k; $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut; from 5k reviews (Mostly 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 Train Sim World® 5 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Train Sim World® 5's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 124k–292k

best case 372k (Derail Valley)

Games like Train Sim World® 5

A typical game among these

≈ 124k–292k copies

≈ $1.4M–$1.8M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Derail Valley at ≈ 283k–460k copies, ≈ $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 826 reviews in their first month; the range was 618 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Trains (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Trains + Simulation, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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Tracks - The Train Set Game 2019	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $245k–$660k after Steam's cut $446k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Derail Valley 2019	Est. copies ≈ 283k–460k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessTrains
Train Sim World® 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 205k–333k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Sim World® 2020 2017	Est. copies ≈ 240k–391k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $859k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Station Renovation 2020	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $358k–$963k after Steam's cut $652k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$18.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCasual
Railroader 2023	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $732k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessSimulation
Train Sim World® 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Sim World® 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $824k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	TrainsSimulation