How much revenue did Combat Mission Black Sea make?

$235k–$633k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Combat Mission Black Sea sell?

Q: How many copies did Combat Mission Black Sea sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 575 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $235k–$633k after Steam's cut $428k–$973k before Steam's cut; from 575 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 Combat Mission Black Sea and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Combat Mission Black Sea's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 155k–444k

best case 530k (ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV)

Games like Combat Mission Black Sea

A typical game among these

≈ 155k–444k copies

≈ $1.8M–$8.9M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV at ≈ 404k–656k copies, ≈ $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Wargame (8 of 8) and Military (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Tactics + Wargame, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 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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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII 2016	Est. copies ≈ 317k–516k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.2M–$14.1M after Steam's cut $9.5M–$21.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	8k reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
WARNO 2024	Est. copies ≈ 401k–651k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.8M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	16k reviews Mostly Positive	WargameMilitary
Twilight Struggle 2016	Est. copies ≈ 124k–202k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $342k–$919k after Steam's cut $622k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Board GameStrategy
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit 2018	Est. copies ≈ 125k–204k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
Unity of Command II 2019	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $526k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $957k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Order of Battle: World War II 2015	Est. copies ≈ 155k–252k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFree to Play
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE 2024	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	4k reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV 2020	Est. copies ≈ 404k–656k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	16k reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsWargame