How much revenue did Universal Conquest make?

Universal Conquest is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Universal Conquest sell?

Q: How many copies did Universal Conquest sell?

719 to 1k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 719–1k; from 29 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 Universal Conquest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Universal Conquest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 302k–846k

best case 1.4M (Rome: Total War™ - Collection)

Games like Universal Conquest

A typical game among these

≈ 302k–846k copies

≈ $2.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut

from ~11k 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: Rome: Total War™ - Collection at ≈ 1.1M–1.7M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 108 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 4X (6 of 8) and Grand Strategy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Historical + Rome.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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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Master of Orion 2016	Est. copies ≈ 341k–554k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	Strategy4X
Rome: Total War™ - Collection 2007	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Age of Wonders III 2014	Est. copies ≈ 745k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: PHARAOH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 134k–219k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Mixed	StrategyRTS
Total War: ROME REMASTERED 2021	Est. copies ≈ 342k–556k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyGrand Strategy
Age of Wonders: Planetfall 2019	Est. copies ≈ 193k–313k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
4th Generation Warfare 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut	$29.99	161 reviews Mixed	RTSDiplomacy
Three Kingdoms: Innovatory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 24k–40k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $36k–$83k before Steam's cut	$2.99	981 reviews Mixed	Early AccessWargame