How much revenue did The Citadel make?

$320k–$860k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Citadel sell?

Q: How many copies did The Citadel sell?

78k to 126k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 78k–126k; $320k–$860k after Steam's cut $582k–$1.3M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Very 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 The Citadel and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Citadel's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 843k–2.1M

best case 13.6M (Half-Life)

Games like The Citadel

A typical game among these

≈ 843k–2.1M copies

≈ $4.0M–$6.6M after Steam's cut

from ~21k 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: Half-Life at ≈ 10.4M–16.9M copies, ≈ $28.5M–$76.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (7 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Classic, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + 1990's + Sci-fi; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 1998 to 2023, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
DOOM + DOOM II 2007	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.6M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$20.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	29k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSClassic
Montaro 2016	Est. copies ≈ 506k–823k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $138k–$371k after Steam's cut $251k–$570k before Steam's cut	$0.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MemesCute
Half-Life: Opposing Force 1999	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before Steam's cut	$4.99	29k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction
Quake 2007	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSClassic
Half-Life 1998	Est. copies ≈ 10.4M–16.9M 7.7x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $28.5M–$76.7M after Steam's cut $51.9M–$118.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	164k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSClassic
DUSK 2018	Est. copies ≈ 778k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.8M–$17.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2023	Est. copies ≈ 454k–738k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$21.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Half-Life: Blue Shift 2001	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$5.0M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$4.99	21k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction