How much revenue did Sudden Strike 4 make?

$1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sudden Strike 4 sell?

Q: How many copies did Sudden Strike 4 sell?

288k to 467k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 288k–467k; $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.5M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 Sudden Strike 4 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sudden Strike 4's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 545k–8.1M

best case 19.8M (Hearts of Iron IV)

Games like Sudden Strike 4

A typical game among these

≈ 545k–8.1M copies

≈ $7.1M–$56.2M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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: Hearts of Iron IV at ≈ 15.1M–24.6M copies, ≈ $207.7M–$558.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share World War II (8 of 8) and Military (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with World War II + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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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Company of Heroes 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.6M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.4M–$105.8M after Steam's cut $71.6M–$162.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	113k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition 2007	Est. copies ≈ 461k–750k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before Steam's cut	$36.99	7k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Steel Division: Normandy 44 2017	Est. copies ≈ 217k–353k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	World War IIStrategy
Company of Heroes 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
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
Steel Division 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 277k–449k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRTS
Hearts of Iron IV 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.1M–24.6M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $207.7M–$558.4M after Steam's cut $377.6M–$859.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	363k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
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