How much revenue did The Great War: Western Front™ make?

$790k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Great War: Western Front™ sell?

Q: How many copies did The Great War: Western Front™ sell?

82k to 133k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 82k–133k; $790k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 The Great War: Western Front™ and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Great War: Western Front™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.6M–5.2M

best case 4.9M (Total War: WARHAMMER III)

Games like The Great War: Western Front™

A typical game among these

≈ 2.6M–5.2M copies

≈ $57.4M–$101.3M after Steam's cut

from ~68k 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: Total War: WARHAMMER III at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $61.3M–$164.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Grand Strategy (8 of 8) and RTS (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Grand Strategy, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2023, 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
Total War: SHOGUN 2 unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	68k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: WARHAMMER III 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $61.3M–$164.8M after Steam's cut $111.4M–$253.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	150k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: ATTILA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$41.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: SHOGUN 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.4M–$95.2M after Steam's cut $64.4M–$146.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	68k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	52k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFantasy
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $29.7M–$79.9M after Steam's cut $54.0M–$123.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	94k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: WARHAMMER II 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $68.9M–$185.3M after Steam's cut $125.3M–$285.1M before Steam's cut	$59.99	121k reviews Very Positive	StrategyFantasy
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023	Est. copies ≈ 199k–323k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	8k reviews Mixed	Naval CombatNaval