How much revenue did Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition make?

$36k–$97k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 455 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $36k–$97k after Steam's cut $65k–$149k before Steam's cut; from 455 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–5.1M

best case 10.7M (Stellaris)

Games like Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 2.9M–5.1M copies

≈ $33.6M–$58.8M after Steam's cut

from ~92k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Stellaris at ≈ 8.2M–13.3M copies, ≈ $112.6M–$302.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Base-Building (6 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

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

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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