How much revenue did Flatinside Simulator make?

$6k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Flatinside Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Flatinside Simulator sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 81 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut; from 81 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–313k

best case 1.7M (My Time at Portia)

Games like Flatinside Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 38k–313k copies

≈ $194k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: My Time at Portia at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 315 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Life Sim (8 of 8) and Open World (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Life Sim + Open World, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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 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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Weed Shop 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $86k–$230k after Steam's cut $156k–$354k before Steam's cut	$9.99	905 reviews Very Positive	FPS Immersive Sim
Nobody - The Turnaround 2022	Est. copies ≈ 355k–576k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Mixed	Early AccessLife Sim
My Time at Portia 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Life SimRPG
Finnish Cottage Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 92k–149k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $378k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $688k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SimulationMultiplayer
The Witch of Fern Island 2024	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $157k–$422k after Steam's cut $286k–$650k before Steam's cut	$24.99	922 reviews Mixed	AdventureLife Sim
Denizen 2024	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $125k–$335k after Steam's cut $227k–$515k before Steam's cut	$19.99	914 reviews Mostly Positive	Life SimRPG
The Guild 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 199k–324k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	8k reviews Mixed	EconomyLife Sim
Dude Simulator 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 61k–100k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $84k–$226k after Steam's cut $153k–$348k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mixed	Life SimIndie