How much revenue did Bellfortis make?

$21k–$56k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bellfortis sell?

Q: How many copies did Bellfortis sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 152 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$86k before Steam's cut; from 152 reviews (Very 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 Bellfortis and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bellfortis's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 205k–3.4M

best case 4.6M (Crusader Kings III)

Games like Bellfortis

A typical game among these

≈ 205k–3.4M copies

≈ $2.2M–$35.1M after Steam's cut

from ~26k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Crusader Kings III at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 12k reviews in their first month; the range was 363 to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Grand Strategy (8 of 8) and Historical (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medieval + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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).

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Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition 2006	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.1M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyMedieval
Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 3.6x vs typical 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
Crusader Kings III 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut $88.4M–$201.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	143k reviews Very Positive	StrategyMedieval
Monarch : Medieval Remastered 2025	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $31k–$84k after Steam's cut $57k–$130k before Steam's cut	$11.99	383 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessStrategy
A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA 2018	Est. copies ≈ 453k–737k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyHistorical
Medieval: Total War™ - Collection 2015	Est. copies ≈ 120k–195k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $330k–$888k after Steam's cut $601k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyAction
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign 2022	Est. copies ≈ 168k–273k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.6M before Steam's cut	$44.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation
Crusader Kings II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	74k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy