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How many copies did Sengoku Dynasty sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 195k–317k
$1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before Steam's cut
from 8k reviews (Mostly 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 Sengoku Dynasty and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sengoku Dynasty's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–4.9M
best case 9.9M (RimWorld)
Games like Sengoku Dynasty

A typical game among these

≈ 1.4M–4.9M copies

≈ $17.2M–$58.9M after Steam's cut

from ~72k 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: RimWorld at ≈ 7.6M–12.3M copies, ≈ $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Base-Building (6 of 8) and City Builder (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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