How much revenue did Ironcast make?

$195k–$523k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ironcast sell?

Q: How many copies did Ironcast sell?

47k to 77k copies, based on its 967 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 47k–77k; $195k–$523k after Steam's cut $354k–$805k before Steam's cut; from 967 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 Ironcast and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ironcast's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–46k

best case 521k (Iron Harvest)

Games like Ironcast

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–46k copies

≈ $56k–$107k after Steam's cut

from ~626 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Iron Harvest at ≈ 397k–645k copies, ≈ $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 462 reviews in their first month; the range was 136 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Steampunk (5 of 8) and Mechs (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + Base-Building, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry RTS + Base-Building + War; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, 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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Swarm Grinder 2024	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $66k–$179k after Steam's cut $121k–$275k before Steam's cut	$7.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Ironclad Tactics 2013	Est. copies ≈ 40k–64k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $163k–$438k after Steam's cut $297k–$675k before Steam's cut	$14.99	626 reviews Mixed	DeckbuildingCard Battler
Super Mining Mechs 2024	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $31k–$82k after Steam's cut $56k–$126k before Steam's cut	$4.99	898 reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpSide Scroller
Gatling Gears 2011	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $33k–$90k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut	$9.99	192 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Iron Harvest 2020	Est. copies ≈ 397k–645k 26x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	16k reviews Mostly Positive	RTSStrategy
WARMACHINE: Tactics 2014	Est. copies ≈ 65k–106k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based
Wrath of Anna 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $30k–$81k after Steam's cut $55k–$125k before Steam's cut	$14.99	241 reviews Mostly Negative	IndieAction
Ad Fundum 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$107k before Steam's cut	$6.99	541 reviews Very Positive	MiningCollectathon