How much revenue did Simmiland make?

$82k–$219k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Simmiland sell?

Q: How many copies did Simmiland sell?

59k to 97k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 59k–97k; $82k–$219k after Steam's cut $148k–$337k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Simmiland and predicted how it would do from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Simmiland's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–875k

best case 1.9M (WorldBox - God Simulator)

Games like Simmiland

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–875k copies

≈ $25k–$6.7M 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 7 similar games are hits.

Best case: WorldBox - God Simulator at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $7.8M–$20.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 158 to 51k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 7) and City Builder (2 of 7).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + God Game, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 3 of the 7 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).

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TCG Card Shop Simulator 2026	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M 35x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.9M–$18.6M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	51k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Simulation Management
Doodle God 2015	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $313k–$841k after Steam's cut $569k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
WorldBox - God Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 39x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$20.9M after Steam's cut $14.1M–$32.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGod Game
Deck of Haunts 2025	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $198k–$533k after Steam's cut $360k–$819k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-lite Deckbuilding
These Doomed Isles 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $24k–$64k after Steam's cut $43k–$99k before Steam's cut	$14.99	233 reviews Mostly Positive	SingleplayerStrategy
Logos 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$9.99	33 reviews Mixed	StrategySimulation
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