How much revenue did Big Pharma make?

$650k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Big Pharma sell?

Q: How many copies did Big Pharma sell?

95k to 154k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 95k–154k; $650k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Big Pharma out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Big Pharma's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 33k–64k

best case 1.4M (Two Point Hospital)

Games like Big Pharma

The middle of these games

≈ 33k–64k copies

≈ $416k–$535k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Two Point Hospital at ≈ 1.1M–1.7M copies, ≈ $8.8M–$23.6M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 730 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 528 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Medical Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Management, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2025, and 2 of your 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 38 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
Two Point Hospital 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 26x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.6M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.2M before the cut	$29.99	35k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Bio Inc. Redemption 2018	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $350k–$942k after Steam's cut $637k–$1.4M before the cut	$12.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Medical SimOutbreak Sim
Weedcraft Inc 2019	Est. copies ≈ 49k–79k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $268k–$719k after Steam's cut $486k–$1.1M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationStrategy
Project Hospital 2018	Est. copies ≈ 284k–462k 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.1M before the cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Medical SimCity Builder
Let's School Homeroom 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	CasualSimulation
Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $270k–$726k after Steam's cut $491k–$1.1M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mixed	SimulationDriving
Let's School 2023	Est. copies ≈ 184k–300k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Management City Builder
Potion Tycoon 2024	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $100k–$268k after Steam's cut $181k–$412k before the cut	$19.99	731 reviews Mostly Positive	Management Simulation