How much revenue did Transport Fever make?

$3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Transport Fever sell?

Q: How many copies did Transport Fever sell?

452k to 734k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 452k–734k; $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.4M before Steam's cut; from 11k 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 Transport Fever and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Transport Fever's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–516k

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Transport Fever

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–516k copies

≈ $192k–$10.9M 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.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 451 reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Sandbox (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, 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 61 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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Technicity: Prologue 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	174 reviews Very Positive	SandboxCity Builder
SimAirport 2020	Est. copies ≈ 100k–163k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $690k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	FlightCity Builder
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 117x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	291k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Rise - The Vieneo Province 2020	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$19.99	29 reviews Mostly Positive	FlightExploration
Hazeron Starship 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before Steam's cut	$19.99	104 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationFPS
Airborne Empire 2026	Est. copies ≈ 24k–38k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $194k–$521k after Steam's cut $353k–$802k before Steam's cut	$29.99	948 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessColony Sim
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 950k–1.5M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.1M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
Airport CEO 2021	Est. copies ≈ 207k–337k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Very Positive	FlightResource Management