How much revenue did Patrician III make?

$89k–$239k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Patrician III sell?

Q: How many copies did Patrician III sell?

65k to 105k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 65k–105k; $89k–$239k after Steam's cut $162k–$368k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Very 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 Patrician III and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Patrician III's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 519k–1.9M

best case 3.3M (Supermarket Together)

Games like Patrician III

A typical game among these

≈ 519k–1.9M copies

≈ $5.5M–$17.0M after Steam's cut

from ~22k 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: Supermarket Together at ≈ 2.5M–4.0M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 32k reviews in their first month; the range was 5k to 69k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Economy (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Management.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2026, 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 79 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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Eco 2018	Est. copies ≈ 428k–696k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.5M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSimulation
TCG Card Shop Simulator 2026	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.9M–$18.6M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	51k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Simulation Management
X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 920k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.0M after Steam's cut $23.0M–$52.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
Anno 2070™ 2011	Est. copies ≈ 804k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.9M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Mixed	StrategyCity Builder
Supermarket Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$30.9M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	84k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Mad Games Tycoon 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 195k–316k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ManagementEconomy
Supermarket Together 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	100k reviews Very Positive	SimulationOnline Co-Op
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