How much revenue did Stronghold: Warlords make?

$1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stronghold: Warlords sell?

Q: How many copies did Stronghold: Warlords sell?

132k to 215k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 132k–215k; $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Stronghold: Warlords and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stronghold: Warlords's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 138k–575k

best case 1.8M (Stronghold Crusader HD (2012))

Games like Stronghold: Warlords

A typical game among these

≈ 138k–575k copies

≈ $768k–$2.7M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) at ≈ 1.3M–2.2M copies, ≈ $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 99 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (8 of 8) and Building (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Military + City Builder, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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
Stronghold HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 661k–1.1M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Real Time TacticsCity Builder
The Stronghold Collection 2009	Est. copies ≈ 364k–592k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderReal Time Tactics
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MilitaryCity Builder
Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $469k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $853k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Real Time TacticsCity Builder
Stronghold 2: Steam Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 199k–323k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $819k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderReal Time Tactics
Dungeon Village 2022	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $54k–$146k after Steam's cut $99k–$225k before Steam's cut	$8.99	887 reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
The Lost Village 2024	Est. copies ≈ 78k–127k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $257k–$692k after Steam's cut $468k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$11.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Base-BuildingResource Management
Stronghold: Definitive Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 258k–419k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderStrategy