How much revenue did The Rings of Powder make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Rings of Powder sell?

Q: How many copies did The Rings of Powder sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 47 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before the cut; from 47 reviews (Positive)

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 The Rings of Powder out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Rings of Powder's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–3.4M

best case 4.7M (Crusader Kings III)

Games like The Rings of Powder

The middle of these games

≈ 1.6M–3.4M copies

≈ $17.5M–$58.9M after Steam's cut

from ~48k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Crusader Kings III at ≈ 3.6M–5.8M copies, ≈ $48.9M–$131.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 22k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Grand Strategy (5 of 8) and RTS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medieval + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2024, and 1 of your 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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Crusader Kings III 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $48.9M–$131.6M after Steam's cut $89.0M–$202.5M before the cut	$49.99	144k reviews Very Positive	StrategyMedieval
Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 929k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.7M before the cut	$29.99	37k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.0M–$40.2M after Steam's cut $27.2M–$61.9M before the cut	$19.99	43k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.5M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.5M before the cut	$59.99	52k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFantasy
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 the cut	$34.99	69k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
We Are The Caretakers 2023	Est. copies ≈ 893–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before the cut	$19.99	36 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based CombatGrand Strategy
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 677k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$20.0M after Steam's cut $13.5M–$30.8M before the cut	$39.99	27k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Structura 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $55–$146 after Steam's cut $100–$224 before the cut	$7.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	StrategyRTS