How much revenue did Age of Empires II (Retired) make?

$35.7M–$96.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Age of Empires II (Retired) sell?

Q: How many copies did Age of Empires II (Retired) sell?

6.5M to 10.6M copies, based on its 103k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6.5M–10.6M; $35.7M–$96.1M after Steam's cut $65.0M–$147.8M before the cut; from 103k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Age of Empires II (Retired) out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Age of Empires II (Retired)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–6.3M

best case 6.9M (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition)

Games like Age of Empires II (Retired)

The middle of these games

≈ 3.1M–6.3M copies

≈ $47.0M–$91.7M after Steam's cut

from ~93k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition at ≈ 5.2M–8.5M copies, ≈ $50.5M–$135.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 22k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 19k to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Historical (6 of 8) and Grand Strategy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + City Builder, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 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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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5.2M–8.5M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $50.5M–$135.7M after Steam's cut $91.8M–$208.8M before the cut	$34.99	182k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Europa Universalis IV 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.7M–14.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $119.3M–$320.8M after Steam's cut $216.9M–$493.5M before the cut	$49.99	137k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Crusader Kings III 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M 1.5x 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
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.0M–$70.0M after Steam's cut $47.4M–$107.7M before the cut	$39.99	95k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Crusader Kings II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	74k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.1M before the cut	$39.99	91k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
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
Total War: SHOGUN 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.2M–$94.8M after Steam's cut $64.1M–$145.8M before the cut	$29.99	68k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical