How much revenue did Stronghold: Definitive Edition make?

$1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stronghold: Definitive Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Stronghold: Definitive Edition sell?

258k to 419k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 258k–419k; $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut; from 10k reviews (Very 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 Stronghold: Definitive Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stronghold: Definitive Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 566k–979k

best case 1.2M (Against the Storm)

Games like Stronghold: Definitive Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 566k–979k copies

≈ $4.6M–$7.9M after Steam's cut

from ~17k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is City Builder (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

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: Against the Storm at ≈ 934k–1.5M copies, ≈ $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 14k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 22k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (4 of 8) and Medieval (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, 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 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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Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M 2.2x vs typical 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
Starship Troopers: Terran Command 2022	Est. copies ≈ 299k–486k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	12k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Farthest Frontier 2025	Est. copies ≈ 638k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.4M before Steam's cut	$34.99	26k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessHistorical
Stronghold HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 661k–1.1M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Real Time TacticsCity Builder
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MilitaryCity Builder
A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA 2018	Est. copies ≈ 453k–737k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyHistorical
911 Operator 2017	Est. copies ≈ 683k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
Kingdom Heroes 8 2021	Est. copies ≈ 365k–593k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	15k reviews Mixed	RTSTactical RPG