How much revenue did Train Sim World® 2020 make?

$859k–$2.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Train Sim World® 2020 sell?

Q: How many copies did Train Sim World® 2020 sell?

240k to 391k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 240k–391k; $859k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut; from 7k 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 Train Sim World® 2020 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Train Sim World® 2020's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 181k–372k

best case 1.2M (Transport Fever 2)

Games like Train Sim World® 2020

A typical game among these

≈ 181k–372k copies

≈ $2.1M–$5.7M 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. 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 669 to 17k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Trains (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 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
Derail Valley 2019	Est. copies ≈ 283k–460k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessTrains
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 950k–1.5M 4.0x 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
SimRail - The Railway Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 138k–224k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$34.99	6k reviews Very Positive	TrainsSimulation
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
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.2M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$31.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Train Sim World® 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 205k–333k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Sim World® 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
Train Simulator Classic 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut $21.6M–$49.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	29k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains