How much revenue did MarZ: Tactical Base Defense make?

$155k–$416k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MarZ: Tactical Base Defense sell?

Q: How many copies did MarZ: Tactical Base Defense sell?

26k to 42k copies, based on its 888 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 26k–42k; $155k–$416k after Steam's cut $281k–$640k before Steam's cut; from 888 reviews (Mostly 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 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MarZ: Tactical Base Defense's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 162k–265k

best case 1.9M (They Are Billions)

Games like MarZ: Tactical Base Defense

A typical game among these

≈ 162k–265k copies

≈ $1.3M–$1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: They Are Billions at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut. 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 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share RTS (7 of 8) and Tower Defense (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Base-Building; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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 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

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DEFCON 2006	Est. copies ≈ 274k–445k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $904k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$11.99	4k reviews Very Positive	TacticalPvP
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Starship Troopers: Terran Command 2022	Est. copies ≈ 299k–486k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	12k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Bad North: Jotunn Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 436k–709k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	WargameVikings
Warpips 2022	Est. copies ≈ 130k–211k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $605k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$16.99	5k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTower Defense
Creeper World 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $807k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseWargame
Age of Darkness: Final Stand 2025	Est. copies ≈ 264k–430k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.5M after Steam's cut $3.7M–$8.4M before Steam's cut	$27.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseAction RTS
Diplomacy is Not an Option 2024	Est. copies ≈ 315k–512k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Real-Time with PauseResource Management