How much revenue did Railway Empire make?

$2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Railway Empire sell?

Q: How many copies did Railway Empire sell?

296k to 480k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 296k–480k; $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut; from 10k 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 Railway Empire and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Railway Empire's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 234k–714k

best case 1.2M (Transport Fever 2)

Games like Railway Empire

A typical game among these

≈ 234k–714k copies

≈ $1.5M–$5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Transport Fever 2 at ≈ 950k–1.5M copies, ≈ $10.4M–$28.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Economy (7 of 8) and Management (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Management, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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 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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OpenTTD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422k–686k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Sid Meier's Railroads! 2007	Est. copies ≈ 220k–357k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $604k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	TrainsStrategy
Mini Metro 2015	Est. copies ≈ 819k–1.3M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyPuzzle
Rise of Industry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $997k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ManagementStrategy
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 950k–1.5M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.1M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
Train Fever 2014	Est. copies ≈ 197k–321k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mixed	SimulationTrains
Transport Fever 2016	Est. copies ≈ 452k–734k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FlightCity Builder
Mashinky 2018	Est. copies ≈ 86k–139k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $590k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessStrategy