How much revenue did My Friend Stalin make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did My Friend Stalin sell?

Q: How many copies did My Friend Stalin sell?

15k to 25k copies, based on its 620 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–25k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut; from 620 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 My Friend Stalin and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including My Friend Stalin's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 69k–325k

best case 346k (House of Detention)

Games like My Friend Stalin

A typical game among these

≈ 69k–325k copies

≈ $119k–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: House of Detention at ≈ 264k–428k copies, ≈ $72k–$193k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Politics (7 of 8) and Political (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dark Fantasy + Psychological Horror, priced around $1.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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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House of Detention 2020	Est. copies ≈ 264k–428k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $72k–$193k after Steam's cut $130k–$297k before Steam's cut	$0.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Dark FantasyPsychological Horror
Democracy 3 2013	Est. copies ≈ 459k–745k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimSimulation
Mr.President! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 232k–377k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $637k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	MemesFunny
Make America Great Again: The Trump Presidency 2016	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62k–$167k after Steam's cut $113k–$256k before Steam's cut	$2.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MemesPost-apocalyptic
The Political Machine 2016 2016	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	706 reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimSimulation
Democracy 4 2022	Est. copies ≈ 159k–258k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Very Positive	StrategyPolitical Sim
Cat President ~A More Purrfect Union~ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$90k before Steam's cut	$8.99	212 reviews Very Positive	Dating SimVisual Novel
Someone Cloned The President 2019	Est. copies ≈ 115–187 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $31–$85 after Steam's cut $57–$130 before Steam's cut	$0.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Third-Person ShooterShooter