How much revenue did Fire Commander make?

$38k–$103k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fire Commander sell?

Q: How many copies did Fire Commander sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 375 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $38k–$103k after Steam's cut $70k–$159k before Steam's cut; from 375 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 Fire Commander and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fire Commander's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 420k–1.6M

best case 1.9M (Arma Reforger)

Games like Fire Commander

A typical game among these

≈ 420k–1.6M copies

≈ $4.5M–$20.0M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: Arma Reforger at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $15.9M–$42.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 9k reviews in their first month; the range was 780 to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share RTS (5 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Military + Simulation, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, 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 70 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
112 Operator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 183k–297k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRealistic
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 186k–303k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Arma Reforger 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $15.9M–$42.7M after Steam's cut $28.9M–$65.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	58k reviews Mostly Positive	MilitarySimulation
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $21.6M–$58.0M after Steam's cut $39.3M–$89.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	47k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Kingdom Heroes 8 2021	Est. copies ≈ 365k–593k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	15k reviews Mixed	RTSTactical RPG
911 Operator 2017	Est. copies ≈ 683k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
WARNO 2024	Est. copies ≈ 401k–651k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.8M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	16k reviews Mostly Positive	WargameMilitary
Wargame: Red Dragon 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.1M–$24.5M after Steam's cut $16.6M–$37.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS