How much revenue did Heroes of the Three Kingdoms make?

$9k–$24k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Heroes of the Three Kingdoms sell?

Q: How many copies did Heroes of the Three Kingdoms sell?

33k to 54k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 33k–54k; $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Heroes of the Three Kingdoms and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Heroes of the Three Kingdoms's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–25k

best case 3.2M (Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition)

Games like Heroes of the Three Kingdoms

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–25k copies

≈ $61k–$263k after Steam's cut

from ~512 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition at ≈ 2.4M–3.9M copies, ≈ $13.3M–$35.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 144 reviews in their first month; the range was 57 to 841.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Military (8 of 8) and Turn-Based Tactics (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Historical + Military, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Historical + Grand Strategy + Tactical; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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 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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Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7 2020	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $146k–$393k after Steam's cut $266k–$604k before Steam's cut	$6.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyStrategy RPG
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition 2009	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 75x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $46k–$124k after Steam's cut $84k–$190k before Steam's cut	$29.99	225 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $20k–$45k before Steam's cut	$1.99	805 reviews Very Positive	StrategyStrategy RPG
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut	$29.99	161 reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $140k–$375k after Steam's cut $254k–$578k before Steam's cut	$39.99	512 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics
Strategic Mind: The Pacific 2019	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $148k–$397k after Steam's cut $269k–$611k before Steam's cut	$29.99	622 reviews Mostly Positive	SingleplayerBoard Game
USC: Counterforce 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut	$19.99	242 reviews Mixed	MilitaryLocal Co-Op