How much revenue did Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm make?

$13.2M–$35.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm sell?

Q: How many copies did Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm sell?

2.4M to 3.9M copies, based on its 38k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.4M–3.9M; $13.2M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.8M before Steam's cut; from 38k 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 Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–6.0M

best case 65.2M (War Thunder)

Games like Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm

A typical game among these

≈ 3.1M–6.0M copies

≈ $47.9M–$75.1M after Steam's cut

from ~101k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Shooter (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: War Thunder at ≈ 49.7M–80.7M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (4 of 8) and FPS (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Vehicular Combat. The breakout hits carry Flight + Vehicular Combat + Combat; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, 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 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
War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49.7M–80.7M 7.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	786k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
Hell Let Loose 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $51.1M–$137.3M after Steam's cut $92.9M–$211.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	150k reviews Very Positive	ShooterRealistic
World of Tanks Blitz 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6.4M–10.4M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	153k reviews Mostly Positive	TanksFree to Play
SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
World of Tanks 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	101k reviews Mostly Positive	TanksFree to Play
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $21.6M–$58.0M after Steam's cut $39.3M–$89.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	47k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
World of Warships 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	157k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayNaval Combat
Verdun 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $30.4M–$81.6M after Steam's cut $55.2M–$125.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	38k reviews Very Positive	ShooterCo-op