How much revenue did Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics make?

$55k–$148k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics sell?

Q: How many copies did Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 264 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before Steam's cut; from 264 reviews (Mixed)

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 Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 442k–491k

best case 799k (Marvel's Midnight Suns)

Games like Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics

A typical game among these

≈ 442k–491k copies

≈ $4.3M–$6.8M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: Marvel's Midnight Suns at ≈ 609k–990k copies, ≈ $10.0M–$27.0M 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 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 3k to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Combat (7 of 8) and Turn-Based Tactics (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Post-apocalyptic, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Post-apocalyptic + Character Customization; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 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 38 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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