How much revenue did Police Stories make?

$1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Police Stories sell?

Q: How many copies did Police Stories sell?

281k to 456k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 281k–456k; $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut; from 10k 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 Police Stories and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Police Stories's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.7M–21.7M

best case 56.0M (PAYDAY 2)

Games like Police Stories

A typical game among these

≈ 7.7M–21.7M copies

≈ $92.1M–$333.6M after Steam's cut

from ~270k 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: PAYDAY 2 at ≈ 42.7M–69.3M copies, ≈ $117.2M–$315.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Military (5 of 8) and FPS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + FPS, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2020, 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
Hearts of Iron IV 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.1M–24.6M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $207.7M–$558.4M after Steam's cut $377.6M–$859.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	363k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.8M–25.7M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $260.5M–$700.4M after Steam's cut $473.7M–$1077.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	380k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Arma 3 2013	Est. copies ≈ 18.7M–30.4M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $154.1M–$414.3M after Steam's cut $280.2M–$637.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	296k reviews Very Positive	MilitaryAction
World of Warships 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	157k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayNaval Combat
PAYDAY 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.3M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.1M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	675k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
Squad 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.0M–9.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $66.5M–$178.7M after Steam's cut $120.8M–$274.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	244k reviews Very Positive	MilitaryRealistic
Insurgency 2014	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.8M–$77.3M after Steam's cut $52.3M–$119.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	125k reviews Very Positive	FPSRealistic
Insurgency: Sandstorm 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $33.4M–$89.9M after Steam's cut $60.8M–$138.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	133k reviews Very Positive	FPSRealistic