How much revenue did Total War: WARHAMMER II make?

$68.9M–$185.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Total War: WARHAMMER II sell?

Q: How many copies did Total War: WARHAMMER II sell?

4.2M to 6.8M copies, based on its 121k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.2M–6.8M; $68.9M–$185.3M after Steam's cut $125.3M–$285.1M before Steam's cut; from 121k 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 Total War: WARHAMMER II and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Total War: WARHAMMER II's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 51k–3.0M

best case 4.9M (Total War: WARHAMMER III)

Games like Total War: WARHAMMER II

A typical game among these

≈ 51k–3.0M copies

≈ $313k–$57.7M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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.

Best case: Total War: WARHAMMER III at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $61.3M–$164.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 878 reviews in their first month; the range was 105 to 32k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share RTS (6 of 8) and Fantasy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Grand Strategy, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 2 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 70 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Age of Wonders III 2014	Est. copies ≈ 745k–1.2M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: WARHAMMER III 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $61.3M–$164.8M after Steam's cut $111.4M–$253.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	150k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	52k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFantasy
Winter Falling: Battle Tactics 2022	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $50k–$133k after Steam's cut $90k–$205k before Steam's cut	$14.99	485 reviews Very Positive	Turn-BasedSingleplayer
Border Pioneer 2025	Est. copies ≈ 48k–78k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $197k–$529k after Steam's cut $358k–$814k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown 2025	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $88k–$236k after Steam's cut $159k–$362k before Steam's cut	$27.99	459 reviews Mixed	Early AccessRTS
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $29.7M–$79.9M after Steam's cut $54.0M–$123.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	94k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
A Total War Saga: TROY 2021	Est. copies ≈ 95k–155k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $523k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $951k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation