How much revenue did Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition make?

$5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition sell?

1.2M to 2.0M copies, based on its 25k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.2M–2.0M; $5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$20.8M before Steam's cut; from 25k 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 Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 133k–384k

best case 978k (Age of Wonders III)

Games like Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 133k–384k copies

≈ $309k–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Age of Wonders III at ≈ 745k–1.2M copies, ≈ $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fantasy (8 of 8) and Turn-Based (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Fantasy, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2015, and none of them 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 61 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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Heroes of Might & Magic V 2008	Est. copies ≈ 273k–444k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $750k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Age of Wonders III 2014	Est. copies ≈ 745k–1.2M 5.2x vs typical 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
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Age of Wonders 2010	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $110k–$295k after Steam's cut $200k–$454k before Steam's cut	$5.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRPG
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