How much revenue did Homeworld 3 make?

$3.6M–$9.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Homeworld 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Homeworld 3 sell?

217k to 353k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 217k–353k; $3.6M–$9.6M after Steam's cut $6.5M–$14.8M before Steam's cut; from 9k 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 Homeworld 3 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Homeworld 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–3.3M

best case 10.7M (Stellaris)

Games like Homeworld 3

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–3.3M copies

≈ $11.9M–$26.6M after Steam's cut

from ~29k 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. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space (7 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Grand Strategy, priced around $50. The breakout hits carry Grand Strategy + 4X + Exploration; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 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
SPORE™ 2008	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.5M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut $46.0M–$104.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	73k reviews Very Positive	God GameOpen World
Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationSpace
Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 6.7x 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
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.0M–$40.4M after Steam's cut $27.3M–$62.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	43k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS
Surviving Mars 2018	Est. copies ≈ 889k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
ENDLESS Space™ 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 795k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.5M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	23k reviews Very Positive	StrategySpace
Empires of the Undergrowth 2024	Est. copies ≈ 470k–764k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.7M–$15.3M after Steam's cut $10.3M–$23.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	ManagementDiplomacy