How much revenue did Mashinky make?

$590k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mashinky sell?

Q: How many copies did Mashinky sell?

86k to 139k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 86k–139k; $590k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M 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 Mashinky and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mashinky's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 281k–714k

best case 1.2M (Transport Fever 2)

Games like Mashinky

A typical game among these

≈ 281k–714k copies

≈ $1.9M–$5.7M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 950k–1.5M 3.2x 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
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
OpenTTD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422k–686k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
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 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
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
Railway Empire 2018	Est. copies ≈ 296k–480k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	10k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Mini Metro 2015	Est. copies ≈ 819k–1.3M 1.6x 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