How much revenue did MMORPG Tycoon 2 make?

$537k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MMORPG Tycoon 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did MMORPG Tycoon 2 sell?

78k to 127k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 78k–127k; $537k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $977k–$2.2M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 MMORPG Tycoon 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MMORPG Tycoon 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–5.4M

best case 78.3M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

Games like MMORPG Tycoon 2

A typical game among these

≈ 10k–5.4M copies

≈ $108.1M–$410.6M 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: Euro Truck Simulator 2 at ≈ 59.7M–97.0M copies, ≈ $328.0M–$881.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 27 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 26k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Management (5 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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 79 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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Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.7M–97.0M 469x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $328.0M–$881.9M after Steam's cut $596.4M–$1356.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	944k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation
IdleOn - The Incremental MMO 2025	Est. copies ≈ 741k–1.2M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	30k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerPixel Graphics
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POWER 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	114 reviews Mixed	SimulationStrategy
CasinoRPG 2018	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	316 reviews Mixed	SimulationMassively Multiplayer
Exocraft 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	356 reviews Mixed	SpaceshipsMassively Multiplayer
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 145x 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
Ero Tennis 2021	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before Steam's cut	$199.99	21 reviews Mostly Negative	CasualAction Roguelike