How much revenue did Game Tycoon 2 make?

$23k–$61k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Game Tycoon 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Game Tycoon 2 sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 248 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–17k; $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$94k before Steam's cut; from 248 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 Game Tycoon 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Game Tycoon 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 29k–126k

best case 256k (Mad Games Tycoon 2)

Games like Game Tycoon 2

A typical game among these

≈ 29k–126k copies

≈ $105k–$607k 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.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mad Games Tycoon 2 at ≈ 195k–316k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 265 reviews in their first month; the range was 67 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Management (8 of 8) and Economy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Economy, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Game Dev Studio 2018	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $58k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$238k before Steam's cut	$9.99	690 reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
Mad Games Tycoon 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 195k–316k 4.6x vs typical 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
Game Dev Story 2022	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $93k–$249k after Steam's cut $168k–$383k before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ManagementBuilding
GamersGoMakers 2014	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $55k–$149k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before Steam's cut	$8.99	399 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationIndie
Game Corp DX 2015	Est. copies ≈ 150k–244k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $124k–$332k after Steam's cut $225k–$511k before Steam's cut	$2.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $260k–$699k after Steam's cut $473k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
MMORPG Tycoon 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 78k–127k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $537k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $977k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
PC Tycoon 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before Steam's cut	$7.99	345 reviews Very Positive	EconomyTime Management