How big is the Simulation market on Steam?

A typical Simulation game sells 136k to 221k copies, and the top decile 2.0M to 3.2M, based on the 806 games SteamSpy lists for the tag (its visible subset). Labeled estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

What Simulation games usually sell on Steam

What Simulation games sell on Steam, shown two ways: a SteamSpy sample of the whole genre, and the Simulation games people have looked up here.

The whole genre, from SteamSpy's sample

A typical game sells

≈ 136k–221k copies

$374k–$1.0M after Steam's cut, est.

The top decile

≈ 2.0M–3.2M copies

$5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut, est.

Half the reviews in SteamSpy's sample of 806 Simulation games sit with 27 of them.

Based on the 806 Simulation games SteamSpy listed on November 15, 2026. It misses the games that barely sold, so these figures flatter the genre. Games are grouped by the tags players give them, which are applied loosely, so a genre's edges are fuzzy. Copies are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The Simulation games gathered on wishvane

Across the 3425 Simulation games compared here, a typical one sells ≈ 1k–55k copies (est.), with the biggest of them, Stardew Valley, at ≈ 43.5M–70.7M. These are the games people chose to compare, not a sample of the genre, so they run far larger than SteamSpy's figures above.

The Simulation games gathered here span 2006 to 2026, and 835 of them shipped in the last two years.
The biggest Simulation games here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim.
Across the Simulation games gathered here a typical price is $9.99, and the biggest charge more, around $15.

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