How much revenue did HUMANKIND™ make?

$9.8M–$26.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did HUMANKIND™ sell?

Q: How many copies did HUMANKIND™ sell?

713k to 1.2M copies, based on its 29k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 713k–1.2M; $9.8M–$26.4M after Steam's cut $17.8M–$40.6M before the cut; from 29k reviews (Mixed)

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 HUMANKIND™ out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including HUMANKIND™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–13.8M

best case 20.7M (Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI)

Games like HUMANKIND™

The middle of these games

≈ 1.5M–13.8M copies

≈ $52.3M–$202.5M after Steam's cut

from ~56k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 6 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI at ≈ 15.8M–25.6M copies, ≈ $259.9M–$698.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Grand Strategy (5 of 6) and Turn-Based Strategy (5 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Historical, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2025, and 1 of your 6 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 79 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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Sid Meier's Civilization VII 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $28.4M–$76.3M after Steam's cut $51.6M–$117.4M before the cut	$69.99	59k reviews Mixed	Grand StrategyHistorical
Sid Meier's Civilization® V 2010	Est. copies ≈ 13.3M–21.6M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $109.8M–$295.3M after Steam's cut $199.7M–$454.2M before the cut	$29.99	211k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based StrategyStrategy
ENDLESS Space™ 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 793k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.5M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.1M before the cut	$39.99	23k reviews Very Positive	StrategySpace
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.8M–25.6M 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $259.9M–$698.7M after Steam's cut $472.5M–$1074.9M before the cut	$59.99	379k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.5M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.5M before the cut	$59.99	52k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFantasy
Rome: Total War™ - Collection 2007	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical