How much revenue did EMPYRE: Dukes of the Far Frontier make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did EMPYRE: Dukes of the Far Frontier sell?

Q: How many copies did EMPYRE: Dukes of the Far Frontier sell?

298 to 484 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 298–484; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 12 reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left EMPYRE: Dukes of the Far Frontier out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including EMPYRE: Dukes of the Far Frontier's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–7.5M

best case 12.1M (BioShock Infinite)

Games like EMPYRE: Dukes of the Far Frontier

The middle of these games

≈ 2.1M–7.5M copies

≈ $17.0M–$69.6M after Steam's cut

from ~71k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Alternate History (3 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: BioShock Infinite at ≈ 9.2M–15.0M copies, ≈ $75.9M–$204.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 133 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Alternate History (3 of 8) and Isometric (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Story Rich, priced around $30.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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
BioShock Infinite 2013	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $75.9M–$204.1M after Steam's cut $138.0M–$314.0M before the cut	$29.99	146k reviews Very Positive	FPS Story Rich
BioShock™ 2007	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.2M–$30.0M after Steam's cut $20.3M–$46.2M before the cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	FPSAtmospheric
Iron Harvest 2020	Est. copies ≈ 396k–644k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before the cut	$29.99	16k reviews Mostly Positive	RTSStrategy
Sovereign Syndicate 2024	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $88k–$238k after Steam's cut $161k–$366k before the cut	$19.99	649 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGSingleplayer
Clockwork Rabbit 2025	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$10.99	28 reviews Positive	Hand-drawnAtmospheric
Grit and Valor - 1949 2025	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $44k–$119k after Steam's cut $81k–$183k before the cut	$19.99	325 reviews Mostly Positive	ControllerMechs
XCOM® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.3M after Steam's cut $45.5M–$103.5M before the cut	$19.99	109k reviews Very Positive	IsometricTurn-Based Combat
An Engineer and the Great Machine 2024	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$15.99	11 reviews Positive	Simulation Puzzle