How much revenue did World Ship Simulator make?

$62k–$165k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did World Ship Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did World Ship Simulator sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 269 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $62k–$165k after Steam's cut $112k–$254k before Steam's cut; from 269 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 World Ship Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including World Ship Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 41k–90k

best case 10.4M (Schedule I)

Games like World Ship Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 41k–90k copies

≈ $382k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Schedule I at ≈ 7.9M–12.8M copies, ≈ $43.4M–$116.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 22k reviews in their first month; the range was 487 to 153k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Open World, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Driving + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2025, and 2 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 38 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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Schedule I 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.8M 195x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $43.4M–$116.6M after Steam's cut $78.8M–$179.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	318k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Simulation Co-op
Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	SimulationRacing
Forza Horizon 5 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.4M 173x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $115.3M–$310.1M after Steam's cut $209.7M–$477.1M before Steam's cut	$59.99	282k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $662k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFishing
My Summer Car 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 72x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	118k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation
Fishing: Barents Sea 2018	Est. copies ≈ 81k–132k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $558k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFishing
Deadliest Catch: The Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 40k–66k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $222k–$597k after Steam's cut $404k–$919k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	AdventureSimulation
IronWolf VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $162k–$435k after Steam's cut $294k–$669k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Co-opSubmarine