How much revenue did Victoria II make?

$7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Victoria II sell?

Q: How many copies did Victoria II sell?

1.3M to 2.1M copies, based on its 21k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.1M; $7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$29.9M before Steam's cut; from 21k 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 Victoria II and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Victoria II's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 67k–120k

best case 6.1M (Crusader Kings II)

Games like Victoria II

A typical game among these

≈ 67k–120k copies

≈ $288k–$724k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

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

Best case: Crusader Kings II at ≈ 4.7M–7.6M copies. 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 20k reviews in their first month; the range was 815 to 35k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Historical (8 of 8) and Grand Strategy (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Historical + Grand Strategy, priced around $45.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Age of History II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before Steam's cut	$5.99	50k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Crisis in the Kremlin 2017	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy
Europa Universalis III Complete 2009	Est. copies ≈ 131k–213k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $541k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $984k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty 2023	Est. copies ≈ 52k–85k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $243k–$654k after Steam's cut $442k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$16.99	2k reviews Mixed	Early AccessWar
Imperator: Rome 2019	Est. copies ≈ 773k–1.3M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.5M–$22.8M after Steam's cut $15.5M–$35.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Mixed	StrategyGrand Strategy
Crusader Kings II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M 35x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	74k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Victoria 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.4M after Steam's cut $38.8M–$88.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	63k reviews Mixed	Grand StrategyEconomy
Sid Meier's Civilization VII 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $29.7M–$79.9M after Steam's cut $54.1M–$123.0M before Steam's cut	$69.99	62k reviews Mixed	Grand StrategyHistorical