How much revenue did ThroneForge - The Fortress War make?

$136–$365 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ThroneForge - The Fortress War sell?

Q: How many copies did ThroneForge - The Fortress War sell?

248 to 403 copies, based on its 10 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 248–403; $136–$365 after Steam's cut $247–$561 before Steam's cut; from 10 reviews (Mixed)

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 ThroneForge - The Fortress War and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ThroneForge - The Fortress War's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 664k–1.6M

best case 3.0M (Manor Lords)

Games like ThroneForge - The Fortress War

A typical game among these

≈ 664k–1.6M copies

≈ $2.0M–$11.3M after Steam's cut

from ~22k 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: Manor Lords at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies, ≈ $25.3M–$68.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 878 to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (8 of 8) and Medieval (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 3 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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