How much revenue did Rome: Total War™ - Collection make?

Rome: Total War™ - Collection is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Rome: Total War™ - Collection sell?

Q: How many copies did Rome: Total War™ - Collection sell?

1.1M to 1.7M copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.1M–1.7M; from 17k 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 Rome: Total War™ - Collection and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rome: Total War™ - Collection's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 238k–1.4M

best case 7.3M (Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition)

Games like Rome: Total War™ - Collection

A typical game among these

≈ 238k–1.4M copies

≈ $2.2M–$16.4M after Steam's cut

from ~11k 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: Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $46.1M–$124.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rome (6 of 8) and Grand Strategy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Historical + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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 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
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.1M–$124.0M after Steam's cut $83.8M–$190.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	88k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: PHARAOH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 134k–219k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Mixed	StrategyRTS
Expeditions: Rome 2022	Est. copies ≈ 169k–274k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.6M before Steam's cut	$44.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RPGStrategy
Total War: ROME REMASTERED 2021	Est. copies ≈ 342k–556k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyGrand Strategy
We Who Are About To Die 2022	Est. copies ≈ 207k–337k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$21.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessIndie
Total War: ATTILA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$41.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Shieldwall 2023	Est. copies ≈ 186k–301k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $918k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$17.99	7k reviews Very Positive	ActionSimulation
Imperator: Rome 2019	Est. copies ≈ 773k–1.3M 2.4x 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