How much revenue did Galacticare make?

$135k–$363k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Galacticare sell?

Q: How many copies did Galacticare sell?

16k to 27k copies, based on its 661 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 16k–27k; $135k–$363k after Steam's cut $246k–$559k before Steam's cut; from 661 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 Galacticare and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Galacticare's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–19k

best case 1.4M (Two Point Hospital)

Games like Galacticare

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–19k copies

≈ $35k–$148k after Steam's cut

from ~366 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Two Point Hospital at ≈ 1.1M–1.7M copies, ≈ $8.8M–$23.6M 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 151 reviews in their first month; the range was 41 to 327.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Medical Sim (7 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Management, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Building + Funny + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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 52 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
Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal 2016	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $202k–$544k after Steam's cut $368k–$836k before Steam's cut	$19.99	884 reviews Very Positive	CasualMedical Sim
Night Shift Nurses 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $92k–$247k after Steam's cut $167k–$380k before Steam's cut	$19.99	673 reviews Very Positive	RomanceVisual Novel
Dr. Chatelet: Faith 神医 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$4.00	132 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCasual
Revenge Of The Colon 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $37k–$100k after Steam's cut $68k–$154k before Steam's cut	$12.99	421 reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Two Point Hospital 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 96x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.6M after Steam's cut $16.0M–$36.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	35k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Heart's Medicine - Hospital Heat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 13k–20k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before Steam's cut	$19.99	366 reviews Very Positive	CasualAdventure
The Kindeman Remedy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut	$4.99	306 reviews Mixed	Medical SimTime Management
Heart's Medicine - Doctor's Oath 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before Steam's cut	$19.99	199 reviews Mixed	CasualIndie