How much revenue did X-COM: Apocalypse make?

$83k–$224k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did X-COM: Apocalypse sell?

Q: How many copies did X-COM: Apocalypse sell?

61k to 99k copies, based on its 961 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 61k–99k; $83k–$224k after Steam's cut $152k–$345k before Steam's cut; from 961 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 X-COM: Apocalypse and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including X-COM: Apocalypse's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–2.5M

best case 6.0M (XCOM® 2)

Games like X-COM: Apocalypse

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–2.5M copies

≈ $6.8M–$26.8M after Steam's cut

from ~23k 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: XCOM® 2 at ≈ 4.6M–7.4M copies, ≈ $25.1M–$67.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based (8 of 8) and Sci-fi (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Isometric + Turn-Based Combat, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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).

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.3M–$41.1M after Steam's cut $27.8M–$63.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	59k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyTactical
XCOM® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.1M–$67.5M after Steam's cut $45.6M–$103.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	110k reviews Very Positive	IsometricTurn-Based Combat
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2018	Est. copies ≈ 445k–723k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KStrategy
Shadowrun Returns 2013	Est. copies ≈ 884k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.6M–$9.8M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$15.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	RPGCyberpunk
ENDLESS Legend™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.7M after Steam's cut $16.0M–$36.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Strategy4X
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.4M after Steam's cut $26.0M–$59.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	23k reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
BATTLETECH 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.1M–$29.9M after Steam's cut $20.2M–$46.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	MechsStrategy
XCOM®: Chimera Squad 2020	Est. copies ≈ 582k–947k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Tactics