How much revenue did The Guild II Renaissance make?

$737k–$2.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Guild II Renaissance sell?

Q: How many copies did The Guild II Renaissance sell?

268k to 436k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 268k–436k; $737k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 The Guild II Renaissance and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Guild II Renaissance's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 871k–2.9M

best case 4.9M (Prison Architect)

Games like The Guild II Renaissance

A typical game among these

≈ 871k–2.9M copies

≈ $10.9M–$27.7M after Steam's cut

from ~32k 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: Prison Architect at ≈ 3.8M–6.1M copies, ≈ $31.0M–$83.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 17k reviews in their first month; the range was 16k to 18k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Building, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 2 of the 8 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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Prison Architect 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.1M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $31.0M–$83.3M after Steam's cut $56.3M–$128.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	77k reviews Very Positive	SimulationBuilding
Northgard: Definitive Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.1M–$54.1M after Steam's cut $36.6M–$83.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	69k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Foundation 2025	Est. copies ≈ 608k–988k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.7M after Steam's cut $10.6M–$24.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	25k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Dwarf Fortress 2022	Est. copies ≈ 783k–1.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.4M after Steam's cut $11.7M–$26.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Banished 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.9M after Steam's cut $24.3M–$55.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	43k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Dawn of Man 2019	Est. copies ≈ 514k–836k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.5M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	18k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.2M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$31.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation