How much revenue did Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) make?

$3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) sell?

Q: How many copies did Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) sell?

1.3M to 2.2M copies, based on its 21k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.2M; $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.2M before Steam's cut; from 21k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 102k–127k

best case 261k (Stronghold 2: Steam Edition)

Games like Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)

A typical game among these

≈ 102k–127k copies

≈ $646k–$792k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Stronghold 2: Steam Edition at ≈ 199k–323k copies, ≈ $819k–$2.2M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 660 reviews in their first month; the range was 322 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and Economy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Real Time Tactics, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Real Time Tactics + Colony Sim + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2026, and 1 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 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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