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How big is War Selection?

Estimated owners
≈ 673k–1.1M
from 23k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left War Selection out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including War Selection's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.7M–3.8M
best case 11.8M (Raft)
The Building genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game
≈ 3.7M–3.8M copies
≈ $41.2M–$64.1M after Steam's cut
from ~82k reviews
Best case
≈ 9.0M–14.7M copies
Raft · ≈ $49.6M–$133.3M after Steam's cut
A breakout hit, far above a typical game.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Building (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Survival + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $35.
The era
The games you compared span 2016 to 2022, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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