How much revenue did Rover Mechanic Simulator make?

$55k–$148k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rover Mechanic Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Rover Mechanic Simulator sell?

17k to 27k copies, based on its 671 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–27k; $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$227k before Steam's cut; from 671 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 Rover Mechanic Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rover Mechanic Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.0M–11.6M

best case 105.1M (Garry's Mod)

Games like Rover Mechanic Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 8.0M–11.6M copies

≈ $103.9M–$140.7M after Steam's cut

from ~264k 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: Garry's Mod at ≈ 80.0M–130.1M copies, ≈ $219.9M–$591.3M 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 86k reviews in their first month; the range was 951 to 184k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sandbox (6 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Farming Sim + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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 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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People Playground 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.4M–$68.2M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	321k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGore
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut $132.2M–$300.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	249k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
The Sims™ 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	201k reviews Very Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
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Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.5M–70.7M 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $179.4M–$482.4M after Steam's cut $326.2M–$742.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 80.0M–130.1M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut $399.8M–$909.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable
Factorio 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $56.4M–$151.5M after Steam's cut $102.5M–$233.1M before Steam's cut	$35.00	236k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	291k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation