How much revenue did Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty make?

$243k–$654k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty sell?

Q: How many copies did Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty sell?

52k to 85k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 52k–85k; $243k–$654k after Steam's cut $442k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.7M–7.2M

best case 9.7M (Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord)

Games like Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty

A typical game among these

≈ 2.7M–7.2M copies

≈ $38.8M–$94.2M after Steam's cut

from ~146k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is War (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord at ≈ 7.4M–12.0M copies, ≈ $101.7M–$273.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 45k reviews in their first month; the range was 8k to 200k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share War (4 of 8) and Simulation (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medieval + Open World, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	52k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayCard Game
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7.4M–12.0M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $101.7M–$273.3M after Steam's cut $184.8M–$420.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	298k reviews Very Positive	MedievalStrategy
Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.0M–$56.6M after Steam's cut $38.3M–$87.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	154k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSimulation
Heroes & Generals 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	142k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayWorld War II
World of Warships 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	157k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayNaval Combat
Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.1M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	93k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Hell Let Loose 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $51.1M–$137.3M after Steam's cut $92.9M–$211.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	150k reviews Very Positive	ShooterRealistic