How much revenue did WarBirds 2026 make?

$19k–$50k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did WarBirds 2026 sell?

Q: How many copies did WarBirds 2026 sell?

3k to 6k copies, based on its 70 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–6k; $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before Steam's cut; from 70 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 WarBirds 2026 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WarBirds 2026's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 82k–247k

best case 702k (Bomber Crew)

Games like WarBirds 2026

A typical game among these

≈ 82k–247k copies

≈ $361k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Bomber Crew at ≈ 535k–869k copies, ≈ $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Flight (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with World War II + Simulation, priced around $16.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 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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Rise of Flight United 2013	Est. copies ≈ 173k–281k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mixed	SimulationFlight
Bomber Crew 2017	Est. copies ≈ 535k–869k 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$15.99	16k reviews Very Positive	World War IISimulation
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover 2011	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	SimulationFlight
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 2008	Est. copies ≈ 0 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $0 after Steam's cut $0 before Steam's cut	$9.99	0 reviews No user reviews	SimulationFlight
Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight 2019	Est. copies ≈ 52k–84k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayFlight
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 2008	Est. copies ≈ 203k–330k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $559k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 61k–100k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $168k–$453k after Steam's cut $306k–$697k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFlight
Dogfight 1942 2012	Est. copies ≈ 75k–121k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $205k–$551k after Steam's cut $373k–$847k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFlight