How much revenue did Voxel Tycoon make?

$306k–$822k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Voxel Tycoon sell?

Q: How many copies did Voxel Tycoon sell?

44k to 72k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 44k–72k; $306k–$822k after Steam's cut $556k–$1.3M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Voxel Tycoon and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Voxel Tycoon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 529k–1.2M

best case 1.2M (Transport Fever 2)

Games like Voxel Tycoon

A typical game among these

≈ 529k–1.2M copies

≈ $4.8M–$16.2M after Steam's cut

from ~17k 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.

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 801 to 14k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Trains (7 of 8) and Management (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Management, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, 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 61 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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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
shapez 2 - Factory 2026	Est. copies ≈ 385k–625k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ManagementStrategy
Mini Metro 2015	Est. copies ≈ 819k–1.3M 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
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
OpenTTD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 422k–686k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 950k–1.5M 2.0x 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
Railway Empire 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $915k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationStrategy
Train Simulator Classic 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 1.8x 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