How much revenue did Tempest Rising make?

$3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tempest Rising sell?

Q: How many copies did Tempest Rising sell?

295k to 479k copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 295k–479k; $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.4M before the cut; from 12k 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 Tempest Rising out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tempest Rising's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–4.0M

best case 6.9M (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition)

Games like Tempest Rising

The middle of these games

≈ 1.4M–4.0M copies

≈ $12.2M–$61.4M after Steam's cut

from ~43k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition at ≈ 5.2M–8.5M copies, ≈ $50.4M–$135.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Base-Building (8 of 8) and RTS (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + City Builder, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2021, and none of them 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).

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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5.2M–8.5M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $50.4M–$135.5M after Steam's cut $91.6M–$208.4M before the cut	$34.99	182k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Age of Empires II (Retired) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.6M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $35.7M–$96.0M after Steam's cut $64.9M–$147.8M before the cut	$19.99	103k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance 2011	Est. copies ≈ 906k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.4M before the cut	$12.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS
Age of Empires® III (2007) 2012	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	32k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.8M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.0M–$69.9M after Steam's cut $47.2M–$107.5M before the cut	$39.99	95k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection 2020	Est. copies ≈ 867k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.8M–$12.8M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.7M before the cut	$19.99	35k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm 2008	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KStrategy
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.8M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.5M before the cut	$29.99	51k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim