How much revenue did Job Simulator make?

$1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Job Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Job Simulator sell?

228k to 370k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 228k–370k; $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Job Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Job Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.0M–4.3M

best case 9.9M (Forza Horizon 4)

Games like Job Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 3.0M–4.3M copies

≈ $40.1M–$55.9M after Steam's cut

from ~85k 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: Forza Horizon 4 at ≈ 7.5M–12.2M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and VR (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Anime. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Anime + Memes; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Rec Room 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	84k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayVR
VRChat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9.3M–15.1M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	269k reviews Mostly Positive	VRFree to Play
Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.0M–$53.8M after Steam's cut $36.4M–$82.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game
Planet Coaster 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $37.2M–$100.0M after Steam's cut $67.6M–$153.8M before Steam's cut	$44.99	72k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
House Flipper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$63.0M after Steam's cut $42.6M–$96.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	112k reviews Very Positive	SimulationDesign & Illustration
Forza Horizon 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	88k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerPhysics