How much revenue did Ministry of Pandemic make?

$170–$459 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ministry of Pandemic sell?

Q: How many copies did Ministry of Pandemic sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before Steam's cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Only 5 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Ministry of Pandemic and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ministry of Pandemic's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–2.8M

best case 6.1M (Crusader Kings II)

Games like Ministry of Pandemic

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–2.8M copies

≈ $12.7M–$16.7M after Steam's cut

from ~33k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Crusader Kings II at ≈ 4.7M–7.6M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 10.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Political Sim (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Grand Strategy + Medieval.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2022, 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Crusader Kings II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	74k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Beholder 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$13.99	31k reviews Very Positive	Dystopian Choices Matter
Two Point Hospital 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.6M after Steam's cut $16.0M–$36.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	35k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Pandemic Crisis 2020	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $183–$494 after Steam's cut $333–$760 before Steam's cut	$2.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	SimulationStrategy
3D PUZZLE - Castle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $56k–$150k after Steam's cut $102k–$231k before Steam's cut	$199.99	41 reviews Mixed	ActionAdventure
Tropico 6 2019	Est. copies ≈ 851k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.4M–$25.2M after Steam's cut $17.0M–$38.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	30k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderStrategy
Hidden Farm 2 Top-Down 3D 2022	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $48k–$128k after Steam's cut $87k–$198k before Steam's cut	$199.99	35 reviews Mixed	ActionCasual
Gold Challenge 2021	Est. copies ≈ 843–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $46k–$125k after Steam's cut $84k–$192k before Steam's cut	$199.99	34 reviews Mostly Negative	ActionAdventure