How much revenue did Anno 1800 make?

$15.3M–$41.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Anno 1800 sell?

Q: How many copies did Anno 1800 sell?

929k to 1.5M copies, based on its 32k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 929k–1.5M; $15.3M–$41.2M after Steam's cut $27.9M–$63.4M before the cut; from 32k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Anno 1800 out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Anno 1800's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.5M–9.8M

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Anno 1800

The middle of these games

≈ 5.5M–9.8M copies

≈ $64.2M–$132.7M after Steam's cut

from ~234k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 5 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.3M–23.2M copies, ≈ $117.6M–$316.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Building (4 of 5) and Sandbox (4 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 61 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
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.3M–23.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.6M–$316.2M after Steam's cut $213.8M–$486.4M before the cut	$29.99	292k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Factorio 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $56.0M–$150.4M after Steam's cut $101.7M–$231.4M before the cut	$35.00	234k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Frostpunk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.4M–$92.4M after Steam's cut $62.5M–$142.2M before the cut	$29.99	137k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Survival
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.0M–$193.5M after Steam's cut $130.8M–$297.7M before the cut	$34.99	246k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Planet Zoo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.8M–$93.6M after Steam's cut $63.3M–$144.0M before the cut	$44.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation