How much revenue did Stronghold Crusader 2 make?

$11.2M–$30.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stronghold Crusader 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Stronghold Crusader 2 sell?

1.0M to 1.6M copies, based on its 18k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.0M–1.6M; $11.2M–$30.0M after Steam's cut $20.3M–$46.2M before Steam's cut; from 18k reviews (Mostly 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 Crusader 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stronghold Crusader 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–4.1M

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

Games like Stronghold Crusader 2

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–4.1M copies

≈ $10.9M–$52.6M after Steam's cut

from ~68k 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.

Best case: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition at ≈ 5.3M–8.6M copies, ≈ $50.7M–$136.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19k reviews in their first month; the range was 18k to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Medieval (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + City Builder, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 2 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
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $50.7M–$136.2M after Steam's cut $92.1M–$209.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	183k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.1M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	93k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Foundation 2025	Est. copies ≈ 608k–988k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.7M after Steam's cut $10.6M–$24.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	25k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 452k–734k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Age of Empires II (Retired) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.6M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $35.7M–$96.1M after Steam's cut $65.0M–$147.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	103k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.1M–$70.3M after Steam's cut $47.5M–$108.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	96k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Banished 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.9M after Steam's cut $24.3M–$55.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	43k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim