How much revenue did Here to Stay make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Here to Stay sell?

Q: How many copies did Here to Stay sell?

595 to 967 copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 595–967; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 24 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 Here to Stay and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Here to Stay's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–410k

best case 2.0M (Age of History II)

Games like Here to Stay

A typical game among these

≈ 38k–410k copies

≈ $213k–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Age of History II at ≈ 1.5M–2.5M copies, ≈ $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 573 reviews in their first month; the range was 190 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Political Sim (8 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Historical + War, priced around $6.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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
Age of History II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 35x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before Steam's cut	$5.99	50k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Crisis in the Kremlin 2017	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy
China: Mao's legacy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $105k–$240k before Steam's cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy
Imperator: Rome 2019	Est. copies ≈ 773k–1.3M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.5M–$22.8M after Steam's cut $15.5M–$35.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Mixed	StrategyGrand Strategy
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War 2019	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $197k–$531k after Steam's cut $359k–$816k before Steam's cut	$17.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimSandbox
Democracy 4 2022	Est. copies ≈ 159k–258k 4.5x vs typical 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
Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升 2023	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $131k–$353k after Steam's cut $239k–$543k before Steam's cut	$24.99	770 reviews Very Positive	Strategy4X
Shadows of Forbidden Gods 2023	Est. copies ≈ 27k–43k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $146k–$393k after Steam's cut $265k–$604k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation