How much revenue did 4th Generation Warfare make?

$33k–$89k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 4th Generation Warfare sell?

Q: How many copies did 4th Generation Warfare sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 161 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut; from 161 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 4th Generation Warfare and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 4th Generation Warfare's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 121k–425k

best case 615k (Age of History 3)

Games like 4th Generation Warfare

A typical game among these

≈ 121k–425k copies

≈ $1.5M–$5.1M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Age of History 3 at ≈ 468k–761k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share RTS (7 of 8) and Grand Strategy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Wargame + Grand Strategy, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2026, and 3 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 52 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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Age of History 3 2024	Est. copies ≈ 468k–761k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	19k reviews Very Positive	WargameStrategy
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE 2024	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	4k reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3 2018	Est. copies ≈ 182k–296k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFree to Play
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII 2016	Est. copies ≈ 317k–516k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.2M–$14.1M after Steam's cut $9.5M–$21.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	8k reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
Medieval Kingdom Wars 2019	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $310k–$834k after Steam's cut $564k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Grand StrategyRTS
Terra Invicta 2026	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	10k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
First Strike 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $231k–$621k after Steam's cut $420k–$955k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRTS
Total War: ROME REMASTERED 2021	Est. copies ≈ 342k–556k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyGrand Strategy