How much revenue did Fate of the World make?

$78k–$209k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fate of the World sell?

Q: How many copies did Fate of the World sell?

28k to 46k copies, based on its 447 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 28k–46k; $78k–$209k after Steam's cut $141k–$321k before Steam's cut; from 447 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 Fate of the World and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fate of the World's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 21k–60k

best case 602k (Democracy 3)

Games like Fate of the World

A typical game among these

≈ 21k–60k copies

≈ $137k–$446k after Steam's cut

from ~577 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Democracy 3 at ≈ 459k–745k copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Political Sim (8 of 8) and Politics (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Political Sim + Simulation, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, and 1 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

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Democracy 3 2013	Est. copies ≈ 459k–745k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimSimulation
NationWar2:Chronicle 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $50k–$134k after Steam's cut $91k–$206k before Steam's cut	$16.99	430 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationStrategy
The Political Machine 2016 2016	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	706 reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimSimulation
The Political Machine 2012	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	288 reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based
The Political Process 2019	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $257k–$691k after Steam's cut $467k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Political SimSimulation
Fate of the World: Tipping Point 2011	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $148k–$398k after Steam's cut $269k–$612k before Steam's cut	$18.99	448 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyPolitical Sim
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War 2019	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $197k–$531k after Steam's cut $359k–$816k before Steam's cut	$17.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimSandbox
Lawgivers 2020	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before Steam's cut	$6.99	414 reviews Very Positive	Political SimSimulation