How much revenue did Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3 make?

$11k–$29k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3 sell?

20k to 32k copies, based on its 805 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–32k; $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $20k–$45k before Steam's cut; from 805 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 3 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 43k–140k

best case 389k (Ultimate General: Civil War)

Games like Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3

A typical game among these

≈ 43k–140k copies

≈ $208k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Ultimate General: Civil War at ≈ 296k–481k copies, ≈ $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 616 reviews in their first month; the range was 170 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Strategy RPG (5 of 8) and Military (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Wargame + Real Time Tactics, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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 1.5x 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
Radio Commander: Vietnam '64 2019	Est. copies ≈ 60k–97k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $328k–$882k after Steam's cut $596k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationSingleplayer
War Hospital 2024	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $264k–$710k after Steam's cut $480k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mixed	Medical SimManagement
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 48k–77k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before Steam's cut	$0.99	2k reviews Very Positive	StrategyStrategy RPG
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The DioField Chronicle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $329k–$883k after Steam's cut $597k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$59.99	803 reviews Mixed	RPGStrategy
Ultimate General: Civil War 2017	Est. copies ≈ 296k–481k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	9k reviews Very Positive	WargameReal Time Tactics
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023	Est. copies ≈ 199k–323k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	8k reviews Mixed	Naval CombatNaval