How much revenue did Kapital: Sparks of Revolution make?

$33k–$90k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kapital: Sparks of Revolution sell?

Q: How many copies did Kapital: Sparks of Revolution sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 245 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $33k–$90k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut; from 245 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 Kapital: Sparks of Revolution and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kapital: Sparks of Revolution's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 75k–183k

best case 1.1M (Tropico 4)

Games like Kapital: Sparks of Revolution

A typical game among these

≈ 75k–183k copies

≈ $610k–$2.0M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Tropico 4 at ≈ 807k–1.3M copies, ≈ $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 460 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Economy (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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).

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Tropico 4 2011	Est. copies ≈ 807k–1.3M 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	13k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Rise of Industry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $997k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ManagementStrategy
Mad Games Tycoon 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 195k–316k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ManagementEconomy
Another Brick in The Mall 2020	Est. copies ≈ 61k–99k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $285k–$765k after Steam's cut $517k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$16.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
NIMBY Rails 2021	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $317k–$851k after Steam's cut $576k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessTransportation
InfraSpace 2023	Est. copies ≈ 49k–79k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $335k–$902k after Steam's cut $610k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	City Builder Automation
Academia : School Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 80k–131k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $442k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $803k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Management City Builder
SteamWorld Build 2023	Est. copies ≈ 57k–92k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $390k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $709k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderRelaxing