How much revenue did Trump Trade War make?

$502–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trump Trade War sell?

Q: How many copies did Trump Trade War sell?

918 to 1k copies, based on its 37 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 918–1k; $502–$1k after Steam's cut $913–$2k before Steam's cut; from 37 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 Trump Trade War and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trump Trade War's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.6M–9.2M

best case 9.2M (theHunter: Call of the Wild™)

Games like Trump Trade War

A typical game among these

≈ 5.6M–9.2M copies

≈ $41.7M–$69.9M after Steam's cut

from ~124k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: theHunter: Call of the Wild™ at ≈ 7.0M–11.4M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and Open World (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hunting + Open World.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2022, 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 70 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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Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–15.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut $97.8M–$222.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	175k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.4M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	203k reviews Very Positive	HuntingOpen World
CowboysShowdown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$24.99	23 reviews Mixed	ActionCasual
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $32.6M–$87.7M after Steam's cut $59.3M–$134.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	122k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursSurvival
The Long Dark 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$63.0M after Steam's cut $42.6M–$97.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	124k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.0M–$53.8M after Steam's cut $36.4M–$82.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game
Santhai 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut	$12.99	139 reviews Very Positive	AdventureRPG
DUST-UP 2019	Est. copies ≈ 115–187 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $316–$850 after Steam's cut $574–$1k before Steam's cut	$9.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	ActionIndie