How much revenue did Politburo Simulator make?

$68–$183 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Politburo Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Politburo Simulator sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $68–$183 after Steam's cut $123–$281 before Steam's cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Only 5 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Politburo Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Politburo Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–38k

best case 2.0M (Age of History II)

Games like Politburo Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–38k copies

≈ $60k–$101k after Steam's cut

from ~312 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 History II at ≈ 1.5M–2.5M copies, ≈ $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 59 reviews in their first month; the range was 49 to 161.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Political Sim (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Historical + War, priced around $6.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Age of History II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 161x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before Steam's cut	$5.99	50k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
The Political Machine 2012	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	288 reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $37k–$98k after Steam's cut $66k–$151k before Steam's cut	$5.99	729 reviews Very Positive	Political SimSimulation
Crisis in the Kremlin 2017	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy
Secret Government 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $74k–$169k before Steam's cut	$19.99	299 reviews Mixed	ConspiracyIlluminati
Precipice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$85k before Steam's cut	$7.99	325 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
The Political Machine 2024 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $37k–$99k after Steam's cut $67k–$152k before Steam's cut	$19.99	270 reviews Mostly Positive	PvPCharacter Customization
SGS NATO's Nightmare 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$76k after Steam's cut $52k–$117k before Steam's cut	$34.99	119 reviews Mostly Positive	WargameStrategy