How much revenue did International Affairs make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did International Affairs sell?

Q: How many copies did International Affairs sell?

346 to 562 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 346–562; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 12 reviews (Positive)

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 International Affairs and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including International Affairs's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.3M–5.1M

best case 7.3M (鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal)

Games like International Affairs

A typical game among these

≈ 3.3M–5.1M copies

≈ $26.5M–$64.4M after Steam's cut

from ~94k 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: 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $30.6M–$82.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 23k reviews in their first month; the range was 951 to 208k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Sandbox (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2023, and none of them 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	88k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerPhysics
Crusader Kings III 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut $88.4M–$201.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	143k reviews Very Positive	StrategyMedieval
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.6M–$82.4M after Steam's cut $55.7M–$126.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	225k reviews Mixed	ManagementSingleplayer
The Sims™ 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	201k reviews Very Positive	Life SimCharacter Customization
Planet Zoo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.9M–$93.8M after Steam's cut $63.4M–$144.3M before Steam's cut	$44.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
PowerWash Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.0M–$27.0M after Steam's cut $18.3M–$41.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	59k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualRelaxing
CarX Drift Racing Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.4M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.4M before Steam's cut	$16.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingPhysics