How much revenue did Science Simulator make?

$450–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Science Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Science Simulator sell?

273 to 443 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 273–443; $450–$1k after Steam's cut $818–$2k before Steam's cut; from 11 reviews (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 Science Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Science Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 479k–1.6M

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Science Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 479k–1.6M copies

≈ $5.4M–$20.6M after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.2M–11.7M copies, ≈ $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Realistic (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2022, 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 70 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
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M 7.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut $143.6M–$326.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers 2022	Est. copies ≈ 574k–933k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCrime
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 429k–697k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.0M–$35.0M after Steam's cut $23.6M–$53.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
Google Earth VR 2016	Est. copies ≈ 173k–281k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	VRFree to Play
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	20k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
X-Plane 11 2017	Est. copies ≈ 699k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.8M–$15.5M after Steam's cut $10.5M–$23.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
Barn Finders 2020	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $607k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCasual