How much revenue did Crisis in the Kremlin make?

$69k–$186k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Crisis in the Kremlin sell?

Q: How many copies did Crisis in the Kremlin sell?

50k to 82k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50k–82k; $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Crisis in the Kremlin and predicted how it would do from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Crisis in the Kremlin's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 127k–528k

best case 895k (Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic)

Games like Crisis in the Kremlin

A typical game among these

≈ 127k–528k copies

≈ $525k–$7.2M 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 3 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic at ≈ 682k–1.1M copies, ≈ $7.5M–$20.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (3 of 3) and City Builder (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + City Builder, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 1 of the 3 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
Tropico 3 2009	Est. copies ≈ 123k–200k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $339k–$911k after Steam's cut $616k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.2M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$31.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
First Strike 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $231k–$621k after Steam's cut $420k–$955k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRTS