How much revenue did IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 make?

$559k–$1.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 sell?

Q: How many copies did IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 sell?

203k to 330k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 203k–330k; $559k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 201k–517k

best case 65.2M (War Thunder)

Games like IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

A typical game among these

≈ 201k–517k copies

≈ $2.8M–$9.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: War Thunder at ≈ 49.7M–80.7M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Flight (7 of 8) and World War II (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Vehicular Combat. The breakout hits carry Vehicular Combat + Combat + VR; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2023, 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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Battlestations Pacific 2009	Est. copies ≈ 165k–268k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	World War IIStrategy
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Bomber Crew 2017	Est. copies ≈ 535k–869k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$15.99	16k reviews Very Positive	World War IISimulation