How much revenue did War Hospital make?

$264k–$710k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did War Hospital sell?

Q: How many copies did War Hospital sell?

32k to 52k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 32k–52k; $264k–$710k after Steam's cut $480k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–4.2M

best case 10.7M (Stellaris)

Games like War Hospital

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–4.2M copies

≈ $11.8M–$123.5M after Steam's cut

from ~32k 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: Stellaris at ≈ 8.2M–13.3M copies, ≈ $112.6M–$302.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19k reviews in their first month; the range was 19k to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and Grand Strategy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $112.6M–$302.6M after Steam's cut $204.7M–$465.6M before Steam's cut	$49.99	197k reviews Very Positive	SpaceGrand Strategy
UBOAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 678k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.0M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	SimulationWorld War II
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MilitaryCity Builder
Europa Universalis IV 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.5M–13.8M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $116.6M–$313.5M after Steam's cut $212.0M–$482.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	134k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Victoria II 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$29.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Victoria 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.4M after Steam's cut $38.8M–$88.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	63k reviews Mixed	Grand StrategyEconomy
War Selection 2019	Est. copies ≈ 681k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	24k reviews Very Positive	StrategyBase-Building
Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder