How much revenue did A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition make?

$10k–$28k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition sell?

942 to 2k copies, based on its 38 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 942–2k; $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut; from 38 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 A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 234k–756k

best case 1.2M (Transport Fever 2)

Games like A-Train 9 V5.0 : Japan Train Simulator Ultimate Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 234k–756k copies

≈ $1.9M–$13.1M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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: Transport Fever 2 at ≈ 950k–1.5M copies, ≈ $10.4M–$28.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Trains (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Management, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2021, 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 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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Rolling Line 2018	Est. copies ≈ 79k–129k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $437k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $794k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TrainsSimulation
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 950k–1.5M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.1M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
Transport Fever 2016	Est. copies ≈ 452k–734k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FlightCity Builder
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Railway Empire 2018	Est. copies ≈ 296k–480k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	10k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Train Fever 2014	Est. copies ≈ 197k–321k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mixed	SimulationTrains
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