How much revenue did Police Simulator: Patrol Officers make?

$4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Police Simulator: Patrol Officers sell?

Q: How many copies did Police Simulator: Patrol Officers sell?

574k to 933k copies, based on its 23k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 574k–933k; $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut; from 23k 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 Police Simulator: Patrol Officers and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Police Simulator: Patrol Officers's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 694k–1.5M

best case 10.4M (Schedule I)

Games like Police Simulator: Patrol Officers

A typical game among these

≈ 694k–1.5M copies

≈ $4.6M–$8.7M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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: Schedule I at ≈ 7.9M–12.8M copies, ≈ $43.4M–$116.6M 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 12k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 153k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Crime (5 of 8) and Open World (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Co-op, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Co-op + Management + Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2002 to 2025, 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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Schedule I 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.8M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $43.4M–$116.6M after Steam's cut $78.8M–$179.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	318k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Simulation Co-op
UNO 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	54k reviews Mostly Positive	Card GameMultiplayer
Thief Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	40k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Stealth
NEKOPARA Vol. 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 535k–870k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeSexual Content
Poly Bridge 2016	Est. copies ≈ 788k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	19k reviews Very Positive	BuildingSimulation
Drug Dealer Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 522k–848k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCrime
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Mafia 2002	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	16k reviews Very Positive	ActionStory Rich