How much revenue did War Hospital make?

$260k–$700k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did War Hospital sell?

Q: How many copies did War Hospital sell?

32k to 51k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 32k–51k; $260k–$700k after Steam's cut $473k–$1.1M before the cut; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–4.2M

best case 10.8M (Stellaris)

Games like War Hospital

The middle of these games

≈ 1.1M–4.2M copies

≈ $11.5M–$123.0M after Steam's cut

from ~32k 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: Stellaris at ≈ 8.2M–13.3M copies, ≈ $112.6M–$302.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 20k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 19k to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (5 of 8) and Grand Strategy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 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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Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $112.6M–$302.8M after Steam's cut $204.7M–$465.8M before the cut	$49.99	197k reviews Very Positive	SpaceGrand Strategy
UBOAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 673k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$14.9M after Steam's cut $10.1M–$23.0M before the cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	SimulationWorld War II
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.8M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$15.1M before the cut	$9.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MilitaryCity Builder
Europa Universalis IV 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.7M–14.1M 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $119.2M–$320.5M after Steam's cut $216.8M–$493.1M before the cut	$49.99	137k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Victoria II 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.9M–$18.7M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.7M before the cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Victoria 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $20.8M–$55.9M after Steam's cut $37.8M–$86.0M before the cut	$49.99	61k reviews Mostly Positive	Grand StrategyEconomy
War Selection 2019	Est. copies ≈ 677k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	24k reviews Very Positive	StrategyBase-Building
Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 926k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.6M–$20.5M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.6M before the cut	$29.99	37k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder