How many copies did Imperia Online sell?

13k to 22k copies, based on its 319 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Imperia Online make?

Imperia Online is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Imperia Online?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 13k–22k; from 319 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 Imperia Online and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Imperia Online's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 674k–5.0M

best case 4.6M (Crusader Kings III)

Games like Imperia Online

A typical game among these

≈ 674k–5.0M copies

≈ $8.7M–$78.9M after Steam's cut

from ~55k 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: Crusader Kings III at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 12k reviews in their first month; the range was 192 to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Grand Strategy (7 of 8) and Historical (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medieval + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2024, 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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Europa Universalis IV 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.5M–13.8M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $116.6M–$313.5M after Steam's cut $212.0M–$482.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	134k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.1M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	93k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Crusader Kings III 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut $88.4M–$201.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	143k reviews Very Positive	StrategyMedieval
Stronghold Kingdoms 2012	Est. copies ≈ 606k–985k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Mixed	StrategyFree to Play
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign 2022	Est. copies ≈ 168k–273k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.6M before Steam's cut	$44.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition 2006	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.1M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyMedieval
Songs of Syx 2020	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCity Builder
Crusader Kings II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	74k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy