Surgeon Simulator

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Surgeon Simulator

Short description

Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?

Developer
Bossa Studios
Publisher
Atari, Infogrames
Release
Fri, Apr 19, 2013
Price
$9.99
$0.99
90%
best price ever
Reviews
13,873
Positive
83%
Followers
19,216
Owners (estimated)
1M – 2M
Concurrent players
11
Genres
Action, Indie, Simulation
Features
Steam Trading Cards
Tags
Simulation Funny Physics Comedy Medical Sim Indie Dark Humor Difficult Puzzle Intentionally Awkward Controls VR First-Person Casual Aliens Singleplayer Dark Action Blood Gore Great Soundtrack
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$8.7msomewhere between $8.7m and $9.7m · roughly 1M–1.1M copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $8.72, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $9.99 launch price. That is 13% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

73 data points since Aug 10, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$8.7m → ~$8.7m
Reviews 13,779 → 13,873
Followers 19,049 → 19,216
Concurrent players 11 → 11
Price $9.99 → $0.99
Positive reviews 82.6% → 82.6%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 378 further data points reach back to Apr 1, 2013 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.99 on Mar 28, 2022. That is the current price.

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