How much revenue did Farming Simulator 17 make?

$4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Farming Simulator 17 sell?

Q: How many copies did Farming Simulator 17 sell?

1.0M to 1.7M copies, based on its 26k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.0M–1.7M; $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.6M before the cut; from 26k reviews (Very 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 Farming Simulator 17 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Farming Simulator 17's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31k–70k

best case 3.0M (Farming Simulator 19)

The Simulation genre

7 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 31k–70k copies

≈ $383k–$768k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Best case

≈ 2.3M–3.8M copies

Farming Simulator 19 · ≈ $11.5M–$30.8M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

The launch: The games that made it here had roughly 86 to 1k reviews in their first month.
Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Realistic (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $24. The breakout hits carry Open World + Multiplayer + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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