How much revenue did Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa make?

Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa sell?

Q: How many copies did Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 187 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; from 187 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 Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–43k

best case 10.7M (American Truck Simulator)

Games like Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa

A typical game among these

≈ 20k–43k copies

≈ $217k–$488k after Steam's cut

from ~714 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: American Truck Simulator at ≈ 8.2M–13.3M copies, ≈ $45.0M–$120.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share America (5 of 8) and Cult Classic (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Automobile Sim + Driving, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Automobile Sim + Driving + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
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
American Truck Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 276x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $45.0M–$120.9M after Steam's cut $81.7M–$186.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	197k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
Sam & Max 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball 2007	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	108 reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction
PePiBo: Peregrino Pinata Bowling 2021	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$440 after Steam's cut $296–$677 before Steam's cut	$7.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	CasualSports
Sam & Max: Season Two 2008	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	187 reviews Very Positive	AdventureCult Classic
Metal Wolf Chaos XD 2019	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $182k–$488k after Steam's cut $330k–$752k before Steam's cut	$24.99	918 reviews Very Positive	AmericaMechs
Sam & Max Hit the Road 2018	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $54k–$145k after Steam's cut $98k–$224k before Steam's cut	$5.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Point & ClickAdventure
Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock 2007	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	509 reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Chicken Police - Paint it RED! 2020	Est. copies ≈ 63k–103k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $348k–$935k after Steam's cut $632k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelDetective