Analyst: The median revenue for Steam games with "simulator" in the title reaches $70,000. The bestselling game of the year is Supermarket Simulator
Steam is seeing an increasing number of successful games with the word “Simulator” in their titles. Gaming expert Simon Carless analyzed all the projects released since July 2023 that he categorized under the subgenre “X Simulator” and compiled a list of the bestsellers.
Supermarket Simulator
Based on data from GameDiscoverCo, Carless calculated that the median gross revenue for these games on Steam is $70,000. Median sales are 5,000-7,000 copies.
The top 10 best-selling new titles of the past year in the “X Simulator” subgenre on Steam:
1. Supermarket Simulator — $22.2 million and 2.15 million copies;
2. Kebab Chefs! — Restaurant Simulator — $3.5 million and 242.8 thousand copies;
3. Thief Simulator 2 — $2.78 million and 176.2 thousand copies;
4. Goat Simulator 3 — $2 million and 145.8 thousand copies;
5. Gunsmith Simulator — $1.78 million and 115.1 thousand copies;
6. Drug Dealer Simulator 2 — $1.76 million and 86.9 thousand copies*;
7. Desynced: Autonomous Colony Simulator — $1.75 million and 72.5 thousand copies;
8. Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 — $1.63 million and 103.6 thousand copies;
9. Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator — $1.52 million and 56.2 thousand copies;
10. Pumping Simulator 2 — $1.2 million and 76.1 thousand copies.
*Previously, the publisher of Drug Dealer Simulator 2 reported 100,000 copies sold.
