How much revenue did Waves of Steel make?

An estimated 56k to 150k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Waves of Steel sell?

Q: How many copies did Waves of Steel sell?

An estimated 10k to 16k copies, based on its 423 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $56k–$150k net $101k–$231k gross; from 423 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 Waves of Steel out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Waves of Steel's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 743k–3.1M

best case 52.2M (War Thunder)

The Simulation lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 990k copies.

A typical game

≈ 990k copies

≈ $8.8M after Steam's cut

from ~28k reviews

Best case

≈ 52.2M copies

War Thunder

from 765k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Free to Play + Simulation, priced around $22.
The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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