How much revenue did Fleet Command make?

$83k–$224k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fleet Command sell?

Q: How many copies did Fleet Command sell?

30k to 49k copies, based on its 480 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–49k; $83k–$224k after Steam's cut $152k–$345k before Steam's cut; from 480 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 Fleet Command and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fleet Command's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–79k

best case 261k (Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts)

Games like Fleet Command

A typical game among these

≈ 22k–79k copies

≈ $433k–$1.8M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts at ≈ 199k–323k copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 593 reviews in their first month; the range was 82 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Naval (5 of 8) and Naval Combat (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Naval Combat + Naval, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2025, 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 38 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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Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023	Est. copies ≈ 199k–323k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	8k reviews Mixed	Naval CombatNaval
Retro Commander 2023	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	374 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRTS
War on the Sea 2021	Est. copies ≈ 81k–131k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $890k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter 2023	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $252k–$677k after Steam's cut $458k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationNaval Combat
Victory At Sea Pacific 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $217k–$584k after Steam's cut $395k–$899k before Steam's cut	$39.99	650 reviews Mixed	RTSNaval
Command: Modern Operations 2019	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$79.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationMilitary
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail 2021	Est. copies ≈ 53k–87k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $440k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $800k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation
Victory at Sea Atlantic - World War II Naval Warfare 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $32k–$87k after Steam's cut $59k–$133k before Steam's cut	$39.99	118 reviews Mixed	StrategySimulation