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 Steam's cut; from 47 reviews (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 The Rings of Powder and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Rings of Powder's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–3.4M

best case 4.6M (Crusader Kings III)

Games like The Rings of Powder

A typical game among these

≈ 1.6M–3.4M copies

≈ $17.6M–$59.0M after Steam's cut

from ~48k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Crusader Kings III at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Grand Strategy (5 of 8) and RTS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medieval + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Crusader Kings III 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut $88.4M–$201.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	143k reviews Very Positive	StrategyMedieval
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
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.0M–$40.4M after Steam's cut $27.3M–$62.2M before Steam's 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–$96.6M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.6M before Steam's 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 Steam's 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 Steam's cut	$19.99	36 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based CombatGrand Strategy
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.2M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$31.0M before Steam's 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 Steam's cut	$7.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	StrategyRTS