How much revenue did Pact of Steel make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pact of Steel sell?

Q: How many copies did Pact of Steel sell?

372 to 605 copies, based on its 15 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 372–605; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 15 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 Pact of Steel and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pact of Steel's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 48k–281k

best case 907k (Garfield Kart)

Games like Pact of Steel

A typical game among these

≈ 48k–281k copies

≈ $203k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Tower Defense (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: Garfield Kart at ≈ 691k–1.1M copies, ≈ $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (4 of 8) and Tactical (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cult Classic + Combat Racing, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
Toy Soldiers 2012	Est. copies ≈ 95k–154k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $260k–$698k after Steam's cut $472k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategyAction
War Planet Online: Global Conquest 2017	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	981 reviews Mixed	StrategyMassively Multiplayer
iBomber Defense Pacific 2012	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $62k–$166k after Steam's cut $112k–$255k before Steam's cut	$5.99	593 reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Toy Soldiers: Complete 2016	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$547k after Steam's cut $370k–$841k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseAction
Battle Islands 2014	Est. copies ≈ 194k–315k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFree to Play
DEFCON 2006	Est. copies ≈ 274k–445k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $904k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$11.99	4k reviews Very Positive	TacticalPvP
Warfare Legacy Collection 2025	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $79k–$212k after Steam's cut $143k–$326k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War I