How much revenue did Musician Simulator make?

$851–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Musician Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Musician Simulator sell?

620 to 1k copies, based on its 25 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 620–1k; $851–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 25 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 Musician Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Musician Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 790–8k

best case 47k (FUSER™)

Games like Musician Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 790–8k copies

≈ $3k–$16k after Steam's cut

from ~73 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: FUSER™ at ≈ 36k–58k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 21 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 470.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rhythm (7 of 8) and Music (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Rhythm.
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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SynthVR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $19k–$42k before Steam's cut	$24.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Audio ProductionUtilities
Tribe XR \| DJ Academy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	359 reviews Mostly Positive	VRMusic
Hyperun 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut	$5.99	85 reviews Very Positive	RacingSports
Dance Dash 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$72k after Steam's cut $49k–$111k before Steam's cut	$19.99	197 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessRhythm
DanSparkling 2023	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$17.99	26 reviews Mixed	Early AccessCasual
Rhythium 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $517–$1k after Steam's cut $940–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	19 reviews Mixed	CasualSimulation
Hexagroove: Tactical DJ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $956–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$19.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	ColorfulMusic
FUSER™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	MusicCasual