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How big is Not For Broadcast: Prologue?

Estimated owners
≈ 22k–36k
from 766 reviews (Very Positive)

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

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 488–708
best case 52k (Plutocracy)
The Political genre

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

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

A typical game
≈ 488–708 copies
≈ $2k–$3k after Steam's cut
from ~18 reviews
Best case
≈ 39k–64k copies
Plutocracy · ≈ $270k–$727k after Steam's cut
A breakout hit, far above a typical game.
The genre you'd be entering
The launch
The games that made it here had roughly 3 to 131 reviews in their first month.
Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
Your set
Your set clusters on Political (5 of 8) and Political Sim (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Flight + Time Management, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Politics + Sandbox + Economy; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

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

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≈ 8k–14k
19x vs typical
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$11.99
350 reviews
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FlightTime Management
Not Tonight 2
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Above the Fold
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Election Tycoon: Trump vs Harris
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17 reviews
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StrategySimulation
No Greater Glory: The American Civil War
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The Political Machine 2020
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Influence, Inc.
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PoliticalChoices Matter
Plutocracy
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Est. copies
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76x vs typical
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