How much revenue did Ministry of Pandemic make?

$170–$459 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ministry of Pandemic sell?

Q: How many copies did Ministry of Pandemic sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before the cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Thin evidence: 5 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Ministry of Pandemic out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ministry of Pandemic's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–1.5M

best case 6.1M (Crusader Kings II)

Games like Ministry of Pandemic

The middle of these games

≈ 1.3M–1.5M copies

≈ $12.7M–$16.7M after Steam's cut

from ~31k reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Crusader Kings II at ≈ 4.7M–7.6M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 8 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 10.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Political Sim (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Grand Strategy + Medieval. The breakout hits carry Grand Strategy + Medieval + Historical; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2022, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Crusader Kings II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	74k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Beholder 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before the cut	$13.99	31k reviews Very Positive	Dystopian Choices Matter
Two Point Hospital 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.6M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.2M before the cut	$29.99	35k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Pandemic Crisis 2020	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $183–$494 after Steam's cut $333–$760 before the cut	$2.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	SimulationStrategy
3D PUZZLE - Castle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $55k–$147k after Steam's cut $99k–$226k before the cut	$199.99	40 reviews Mixed	ActionAdventure
Tropico 6 2019	Est. copies ≈ 848k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.3M–$25.1M after Steam's cut $17.0M–$38.6M before the cut	$39.99	29k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderStrategy
Hidden Farm 2 Top-Down 3D 2022	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $48k–$128k after Steam's cut $87k–$198k before the cut	$199.99	35 reviews Mixed	ActionCasual
Gold Challenge 2021	Est. copies ≈ 843–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $46k–$125k after Steam's cut $84k–$192k before the cut	$199.99	34 reviews Mostly Negative	ActionAdventure