How much revenue did High Speed Trains make?

High Speed Trains is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did High Speed Trains sell?

Q: How many copies did High Speed Trains sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; from 33 reviews (Mixed)

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 High Speed Trains and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including High Speed Trains's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 156k–304k

best case 1.2M (Transport Fever 2)

Games like High Speed Trains

A typical game among these

≈ 156k–304k copies

≈ $1.5M–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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 748 reviews in their first month; the range was 618 to 985.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Trains (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Trains, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Strategy + Management + City Builder; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Train Sim World® 2020 2017	Est. copies ≈ 240k–391k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $859k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
Transport Fever 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 950k–1.5M 5.4x 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
Derail Valley 2019	Est. copies ≈ 283k–460k 1.6x vs typical 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
Train Simulator Classic 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 4.8x 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
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 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® 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $824k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	TrainsSimulation
Train Sim World® 5 2024	Est. copies ≈ 130k–212k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationAdventure