How much revenue did Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic) make?

$1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic) sell?

Q: How many copies did Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic) sell?

253k to 410k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 253k–410k; $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut; from 6k reviews (Mixed)

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 Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 700k–1.1M

best case 1.1M (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III)

Games like Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)

A typical game among these

≈ 700k–1.1M copies

≈ $5.7M–$16.7M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III at ≈ 823k–1.3M copies, ≈ $9.0M–$24.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share RTS (8 of 8) and Sci-fi (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Warhammer 40K + RTS, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2019, 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 36 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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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 326k–529k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KStrategy
Homeworld Remastered Collection 2015	Est. copies ≈ 693k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	14k reviews Very Positive	SpaceStrategy
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 318k–517k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceStrategy
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III 2017	Est. copies ≈ 823k–1.3M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.3M after Steam's cut $16.5M–$37.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	24k reviews Mixed	Warhammer 40KStrategy
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm 2008	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	19k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KStrategy
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic) 2007	Est. copies ≈ 756k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Dark Crusade 2007	Est. copies ≈ 603k–980k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyWarhammer 40K
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) 2009	Est. copies ≈ 884k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.7M after Steam's cut $22.1M–$50.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KStrategy