How much revenue did Commander: World War II make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Commander: World War II sell?

Q: How many copies did Commander: World War II sell?

769 to 1k copies, based on its 31 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 769–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 31 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 Commander: World War II and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Commander: World War II's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–29k

best case 750k (Age of Wonders 4)

Games like Commander: World War II

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–29k copies

≈ $33k–$148k after Steam's cut

from ~297 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Age of Wonders 4 at ≈ 571k–929k copies, ≈ $7.9M–$21.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 688 reviews in their first month; the range was 28 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 4X (8 of 8) and Strategy RPG (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 4X + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Fantasy + Local Multiplayer + Tactical; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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