How many copies did Stormgate sell?

230k to 374k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Stormgate make?

Stormgate is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Stormgate?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 230k–374k; 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 Stormgate and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stormgate's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–3.4M

best case 4.7M (Kenshi)

Games like Stormgate

A typical game among these

≈ 1.9M–3.4M copies

≈ $21.9M–$48.6M after Steam's cut

from ~73k 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: Kenshi at ≈ 3.6M–5.8M copies, ≈ $29.3M–$78.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 25k reviews in their first month; the range was 19k to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Base-Building (8 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Sandbox, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 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
Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.1M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	93k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
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
Prison Architect 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $31.0M–$83.3M after Steam's cut $56.3M–$128.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	77k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Kenshi 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.3M–$78.9M after Steam's cut $53.3M–$121.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	117k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSandbox
Foxhole 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.9M–$29.2M after Steam's cut $19.8M–$45.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	53k reviews Mostly Positive	Massively MultiplayerWargame
Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder