How much revenue did Shogun Showdown make?

$726k–$2.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shogun Showdown sell?

Q: How many copies did Shogun Showdown sell?

176k to 286k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 176k–286k; $726k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut; from 7k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Shogun Showdown and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shogun Showdown's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 107k–173k

best case 448k (The Last Spell)

Games like Shogun Showdown

A typical game among these

≈ 107k–173k copies

≈ $448k–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Last Spell at ≈ 341k–555k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based (7 of 8) and Turn-Based Tactics (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Turn-Based, priced around $27. The breakout hits carry Turn-Based Combat + Singleplayer + Tactical; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Disgaea 5 Complete 2018	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
Swords and Sandals Classic Collection 2019	Est. copies ≈ 87k–142k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $240k–$645k after Steam's cut $436k–$992k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
Urtuk: The Desolation 2021	Est. copies ≈ 63k–103k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $244k–$657k after Steam's cut $444k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$13.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based TacticsHex Grid
Disgaea PC 2016	Est. copies ≈ 201k–326k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Strategy RPGJRPG
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The Last Spell 2023	Est. copies ≈ 341k–555k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	14k reviews Very Positive	StrategySingleplayer
Siralim 3 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $124k–$333k after Steam's cut $225k–$512k before Steam's cut	$14.99	988 reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorCollectathon
Caves of Qud 2024	Est. copies ≈ 316k–514k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Procedural GenerationTurn-Based Combat