How much revenue did Second Front make?

$160k–$431k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Second Front sell?

Q: How many copies did Second Front sell?

17k to 27k copies, based on its 671 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–27k; $160k–$431k after Steam's cut $291k–$662k before Steam's cut; from 671 reviews (Mostly 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 Second Front and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Second Front's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–4.5M

best case 9.4M (Company of Heroes 2)

Games like Second Front

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–4.5M copies

≈ $13.5M–$36.9M after Steam's cut

from ~42k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Company of Heroes 2 at ≈ 7.2M–11.6M copies, ≈ $39.4M–$105.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tactical (8 of 8) and Turn-Based (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with World War II + RTS, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2025, 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 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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BATTLETECH 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.1M–$29.9M after Steam's cut $20.2M–$46.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	MechsStrategy
XCOM: Enemy Unknown 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.3M–$41.1M after Steam's cut $27.8M–$63.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	59k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyTactical
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden 2018	Est. copies ≈ 625k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	21k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
Company of Heroes 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.6M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.4M–$105.8M after Steam's cut $71.6M–$162.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	113k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Loop Hero 2021	Est. copies ≈ 907k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.1M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	37k reviews Very Positive	TacticalRogue-like
Silent Storm Gold Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 68k–110k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $186k–$500k after Steam's cut $338k–$770k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based TacticsStrategy
Burden of Command™ 2025	Est. copies ≈ 16k–27k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $112k–$302k after Steam's cut $204k–$464k before Steam's cut	$24.99	658 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGStrategy RPG
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