How much revenue did Session: Skate Sim make?

$4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Session: Skate Sim sell?

Q: How many copies did Session: Skate Sim sell?

394k to 640k copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 394k–640k; $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$17.9M before Steam's cut; from 16k 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 Session: Skate Sim and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Session: Skate Sim's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–75k

best case 637k (Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game)

Games like Session: Skate Sim

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–75k copies

≈ $104k–$596k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game at ≈ 485k–789k copies, ≈ $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 421 reviews in their first month; the range was 47 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Skateboarding (7 of 8) and Sports (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Skateboarding + Skating, priced around $40.
When they shipped: Only 3 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 485k–789k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSkating
SkateBIRD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 19k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $107k–$287k after Steam's cut $194k–$442k before Steam's cut	$19.99	783 reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingExploration
VR Skater 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $35k–$94k after Steam's cut $63k–$144k before Steam's cut	$19.99	256 reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingVR
BMX The Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $102k–$274k after Steam's cut $185k–$421k before Steam's cut	$24.99	597 reviews Mixed	BMXSports
Driftwood 2025	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $173k–$464k after Steam's cut $314k–$714k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessExploration
BMX Streets 2024	Est. copies ≈ 113k–183k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $774k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
Skate City 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $28k–$65k before Steam's cut	$14.99	153 reviews Very Positive	SkatingSkateboarding
The Ramp 2021	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $63k–$171k after Steam's cut $115k–$262k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSports