How much revenue did Gold Mining Simulator make?

$3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gold Mining Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Gold Mining Simulator sell?

565k to 918k copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 565k–918k; $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.8M before Steam's cut; from 16k reviews (Mostly 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 Gold Mining Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gold Mining Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 784k–938k

best case 1.7M (My Time at Portia)

Games like Gold Mining Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 784k–938k copies

≈ $5.9M–$9.9M after Steam's cut

from ~28k 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: My Time at Portia at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $10.5M–$28.3M 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 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 24k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Farming Sim (5 of 8) and Life Sim (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Life Sim + Open World, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Adventure + Open World + Casual; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, 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 36 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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Mr.Mine 2020	Est. copies ≈ 463k–752k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	19k reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker
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My Time at Portia 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Life SimRPG
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Dinkum 2025	Est. copies ≈ 725k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftAgriculture
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