How much revenue did Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades make?

$13k–$35k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades sell?

Q: How many copies did Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 95 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before Steam's cut; from 95 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 Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.5M–4.1M

best case 6.9M (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition)

Games like Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades

A typical game among these

≈ 2.5M–4.1M copies

≈ $24.4M–$57.1M after Steam's cut

from ~62k 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: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition at ≈ 5.3M–8.6M copies, ≈ $50.7M–$136.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Base-Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + City Builder, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2021, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.1M–$35.3M after Steam's cut $23.9M–$54.4M before Steam's cut	$34.99	55k reviews Very Positive	StrategyBase-Building
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Age of Empires® III (2007) 2012	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	32k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $50.7M–$136.2M after Steam's cut $92.1M–$209.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	183k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.1M–$70.3M after Steam's cut $47.5M–$108.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	96k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Banished 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.9M after Steam's cut $24.3M–$55.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	43k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Northgard: Definitive Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.1M–$54.1M after Steam's cut $36.6M–$83.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	69k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Age of Empires II (Retired) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.6M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $35.7M–$96.1M after Steam's cut $65.0M–$147.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	103k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS