How many copies did Retro Commander sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 374 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Retro Commander make?

Retro Commander is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Retro Commander?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 9k–15k; from 374 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 Retro Commander and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Retro Commander's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 99k–278k

best case 393k (Tempest Rising)

Games like Retro Commander

A typical game among these

≈ 99k–278k copies

≈ $421k–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Tempest Rising at ≈ 299k–487k copies, ≈ $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 370 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share RTS (8 of 8) and Base-Building (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + Base-Building, priced around $40.
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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SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3 2018	Est. copies ≈ 182k–296k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFree to Play
Warpips 2022	Est. copies ≈ 130k–211k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $605k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$16.99	5k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTower Defense
Last Train Home 2023	Est. copies ≈ 138k–224k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	6k reviews Very Positive	StrategyReal Time Tactics
Medieval Kingdom Wars 2019	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $310k–$834k after Steam's cut $564k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Grand StrategyRTS
Starship Troopers: Terran Command 2022	Est. copies ≈ 299k–486k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	12k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Tempest Rising 2025	Est. copies ≈ 299k–487k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	12k reviews Very Positive	RTSStrategy
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 48k–77k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before Steam's cut	$0.99	2k reviews Very Positive	StrategyStrategy RPG
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7 2020	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $146k–$393k after Steam's cut $266k–$604k before Steam's cut	$6.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyStrategy RPG