How much revenue did Anno 1800 make?

$15.4M–$41.5M 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?

935k 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: ≈ 935k–1.5M; $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.8M before Steam's cut; from 32k 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 Anno 1800 and predicted how it would do from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Anno 1800's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.5M–9.9M

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Anno 1800

A typical game among these

≈ 5.5M–9.9M copies

≈ $64.4M–$134.1M after Steam's cut

from ~236k 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 5 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Building (4 of 5) and Sandbox (4 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 ≈ 14.2M–23.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	291k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Factorio 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $56.4M–$151.5M after Steam's cut $102.5M–$233.1M before Steam's cut	$35.00	236k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationBase-Building
Frostpunk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.5M–$92.8M after Steam's cut $62.8M–$142.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	138k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Survival
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut $132.2M–$300.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	249k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Planet Zoo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.9M–$93.8M after Steam's cut $63.4M–$144.3M before Steam's cut	$44.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation