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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Hobby Sim on Steam.
Share of Hobby Sim games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
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| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approximately $75.8M | 23.2K | 61% | −30%$48.99reg. $69.99 | |
| 2 | AirportSimSteam | approximately |
Total estimated revenue of Hobby Sim games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales* Year to date, still counting
| Year | Releases (n) | Share of launches | Share of revenue | Demand ÷ supply | Median rev | Median copies | Hit rate $100k+ | $1M+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026partial | 25(21 est.) | 0.1% | approximately 0.0% | approximately 0.18× | approximately $1.7K | approximately 487 | approximately 12% | approximately 0% |
| 2025 | 16(15 est.) | 0.1% | approximately 0.1% | approximately 0.80× | approximately $54.2K | approximately 11K | approximately 44% | approximately 13% |
| 2024 | 9(8 est.) | 0.1% | approximately 1.1% | approximately 20.3× | approximately $1.9K | approximately 467 | approximately 22% | approximately 11% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0.0% | approximately 0.1% | approximately 1.34× | approximately $8.4K | approximately 1.1K | approximately 20% | approximately 20% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0.0% | approximately 0.0% | approximately 3.01× | approximately $2.6M | approximately 241.8K | approximately 100% | approximately 100% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0.0% | approximately 0.0% | approximately 0.82× | approximately $579.5K | approximately 89.2K | approximately 100% | approximately 0% |
Supply is Hobby Sim's share of that year's non-adult Steam releases (counted). Demand is its share of those releases' modeled revenue. Demand ÷ supply above 1× means Hobby Sim games earned more than their share of the shelf; below 1×, less. Hit rate is the share of releases at or above $100k in modeled revenue.
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Hobby Sim launch actually earned. n is every release; games without an estimate count as zero. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch, and the current year (marked partial, * in the chart) is partial on both counts.
| 1.7K |
| 68% |
| $34.99 |
| 3 | Dealer's Life 2Steam | approximately $2.6M | 4.2K | 85% | −60%$5.99reg. $14.99 |
| 4 | Home Design 3DSteam | approximately $1.4M | 2.8K | 75% | $9.99 |
| 5 | Ship, Inc.Steam | approximately $1.2M | 2.5K | 83% | $9.99 |
| 6 | approximately $1.1M | 1.7K | 86% | −25%$9.74reg. $12.99 |
| 7 | Witchy BusinessSteam | approximately $719.6K | 1.1K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 8 | Happy SheepiesSteam | approximately $680.8K | 620 | 86% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Cats & CupsSteam | approximately $582.2K | 1.3K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 10 | Dealer's LifeSteam | approximately $579.5K | 1.3K | 93% | −60%$3.99reg. $9.99 |
| 11 | approximately $479K | 905 | 80% | $11.99 |
| 12 | OFFBEATSteam | approximately $383.3K | 566 | 98% | $11.99 |
| 13 | Cozy OrganizerSteam | approximately $294.4K | 748 | 70% | $7.99 |
| 14 | Dealer's Life LegendSteam | approximately $204.5K | 294 | 83% | −30%$10.49reg. $14.99 |
| 15 | approximately $154.3K | 130 | 87% | $24.99 |
| 16 | approximately $144.3K | 207 | 87% | $12.99 |
| 17 | Perfume AtelierSteam | approximately $105.3K | 284 | 90% | $7.99 |
| 18 | Little CornersSteam | approximately $79.7K | 361 | 93% | $6.99 |
| 19 | Cozy MarblesSteam | approximately $77.5K | 134 | 96% | $9.99 |
| 20 | approximately $65.4K | 111 | 75% | $12.99 |
| 21 | approximately $55.1K | 137 | 81% | $7.99 |
| 22 | Enchanted BlacksmithSteam | approximately $40.1K | 87 | 82% | −50%$4.99reg. $9.99 |
| 23 | Ai VpetSteam | approximately $30.3K | 449 | 73% | $1.99 |
| 24 | Carefully StampedSteam | approximately $28.8K | 202 | 53% | $4.99 |
| 25 | Midnight Ramen ShopSteam | approximately $15K | 38 | 95% | $7.99 |
| 26 | Home Design 3D VRSteam | approximately $8.4K | 12 | 33% | $14.99 |
| 27 | Cozy LioraSteam | approximately $7.3K | 105 | 94% | $1.99 |
| 28 | Pickleball TycoonSteam | approximately $4.2K | 18 | 94% | −20%$4.79reg. $5.99 |
| 29 | approximately $3.9K | 28 | 54% | $4.99 |
| 30 | Jiaozi & ShopkeeperSteam | approximately $3.5K | 13 | 62% | $6.99 |
| 31 | approximately $3K | 7 | 100% | $7.99 |
| 32 | approximately $2.9K | 30 | 70% | $2.99 |
| 33 | Window AquaristaSteam | approximately $2.5K | 11 | 100% | $5.99 |
| 34 | Pack my OrderSteam | approximately $2.4K | 17 | 65% | $3.99 |
| 35 | approximately $2.2K | 16 | 100% | $3.99 |
| 36 | approximately $1.9K | 12 | 75% | $4.99 |
| 37 | 101 CircuitsSteam | approximately $1.7K | 3 | 67% | −10%$8.99reg. $9.99 |
| 38 | FLYBRAIN LABSteam | approximately $1.2K | 9 | 89% | −22%$2.72reg. $3.49 |
| 39 | approximately $932 | 8 | 62% | $3.99 |
| 40 | approximately $750 | 3 | 100% | $6.99 |
| 41 | À DerivaSteam | approximately $557 | 5 | 100% | $2.99 |
| 42 | oGANTToSteam | approximately $411 | 3 | 100% | −50%$1.99reg. $3.99 |
| 43 | Kittenship CareSteam | approximately $410 | 4 | 75% | $2.99 |
| 44 | approximately $364 | 14 | 86% | $0.99 |
| 45 | approximately $245 | 1 | 100% | $5.99 |
| 46 | Hash & ChillSteam | approximately $208 | 6 | 50% | −31%$1.37reg. $1.99 |
| 47 | FloraLuminaSteam | approximately $148 | 1 | 0% | $3.99 |
| 48 | AnyCircuitSteam | approximately $62 | 1 | 0% | $1.99 |
| 49 | Beat the MeatSteam | approximately $37 | 2 | 100% | $0.99 |
| 50 | — | 0 | — | — |