How much revenue did Speaking Simulator make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Speaking Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Speaking Simulator sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 69 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut; from 69 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 Speaking Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Speaking Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 26k–483k

best case 1.4M (Surgeon Simulator)

Games like Speaking Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 26k–483k copies

≈ $114k–$2.6M 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.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Surgeon Simulator at ≈ 1.1M–1.7M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Physics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Physics, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, 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 79 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
Surgeon Simulator 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFunny
Stilt Fella 2020	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $78k–$211k after Steam's cut $143k–$324k before Steam's cut	$12.99	885 reviews Very Positive	PhysicsDifficult
while True: learn() 2019	Est. copies ≈ 237k–386k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $848k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingSimulation
Ria's Hook 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut	$2.99	465 reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Octodad: Dadliest Catch 2014	Est. copies ≈ 601k–976k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ComedyPhysics
Simple Fish Adventure 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$53k before Steam's cut	$3.99	468 reviews Very Positive	PhysicsSimulation
Ampu-Tea 2014	Est. copies ≈ 113k–183k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $155k–$416k after Steam's cut $281k–$640k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mixed	SimulationIndie
I Am Bread 2015	Est. copies ≈ 291k–472k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$12.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFunny