How much revenue did Total War: PHARAOH make?

$1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Total War: PHARAOH sell?

Q: How many copies did Total War: PHARAOH sell?

134k to 218k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 134k–218k; $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before the cut; from 5k 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 Total War: PHARAOH out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Total War: PHARAOH's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.7M–9.0M

best case 20.5M (Hearts of Iron IV)

Games like Total War: PHARAOH

The middle of these games

≈ 4.7M–9.0M copies

≈ $87.5M–$167.5M after Steam's cut

from ~137k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Hearts of Iron IV at ≈ 15.6M–25.4M copies, ≈ $215.0M–$578.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Grand Strategy (8 of 8) and Historical (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with World War II + Grand Strategy, priced around $50. The breakout hits carry World War II + Alternate History + Military; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2022, 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).

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Total War: WARHAMMER II 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $68.9M–$185.3M after Steam's cut $125.3M–$285.1M before the cut	$59.99	121k reviews Very Positive	StrategyFantasy
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Hearts of Iron IV 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.6M–25.4M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $215.0M–$578.2M after Steam's cut $391.0M–$889.5M before the cut	$49.99	376k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Total War: WARHAMMER III 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $60.5M–$162.7M after Steam's cut $110.0M–$250.2M before the cut	$59.99	148k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
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