How much revenue did Best Life Simulator make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Best Life Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Best Life Simulator sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 42 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 42 reviews (Mixed)

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 Best Life Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Best Life Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 61k–3.7M

best case 57.1M (Stardew Valley)

Games like Best Life Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 61k–3.7M copies

≈ $349k–$11.6M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.5M–70.7M copies, ≈ $179.4M–$482.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 69k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Life Sim (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $15.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 52 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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Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.5M–70.7M 276x 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
The Sims™ 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 53x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	201k reviews Very Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
Supermarket Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$30.9M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	84k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection 2025	Est. copies ≈ 127k–206k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	SandboxLife Sim
Princess Maker 2 Refine 2016	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $395k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $718k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationMultiple Endings
Phoenix Pro Theater Media Player 2021	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $796–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$8.99	13 reviews Positive	CasualSimulation
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Princess Maker 2 Regeneration 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $42k–$112k after Steam's cut $76k–$173k before Steam's cut	$39.99	153 reviews Mixed	SimulationLife Sim