How much revenue did Startup Company make?

$551k–$1.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Startup Company sell?

Q: How many copies did Startup Company sell?

154k to 251k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 154k–251k; $551k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut; from 6k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Startup Company out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Startup Company's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–3.9M

best case 78.0M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

Games like Startup Company

The middle of these games

≈ 3.1M–3.9M copies

≈ $21.2M–$64.2M after Steam's cut

from ~80k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Euro Truck Simulator 2 at ≈ 59.4M–96.6M copies, ≈ $326.7M–$878.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Management (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Moddable, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Moddable + Transportation + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2025, and 2 of your 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 ≈ 59.4M–96.6M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $326.7M–$878.4M after Steam's cut $594.0M–$1351.4M before the cut	$19.99	940k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.3M–23.2M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.6M–$316.2M after Steam's cut $213.8M–$486.4M before the cut	$29.99	292k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Prison Architect 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $29.7M–$79.9M after Steam's cut $54.0M–$122.9M before the cut	$29.99	74k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Farming Simulator 19 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$30.9M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.5M before the cut	$17.99	76k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
Supermarket Together 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–4.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	98k reviews Very Positive	SimulationOnline Co-Op
Supermarket Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.4M–$30.7M after Steam's cut $20.8M–$47.3M before the cut	$19.99	84k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Planet Coaster 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $37.2M–$99.9M after Steam's cut $67.6M–$153.7M before the cut	$44.99	72k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Planet Zoo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.8M–$93.6M after Steam's cut $63.3M–$144.0M before the cut	$44.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation