How much revenue did My Friend Stalin make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did My Friend Stalin sell?

Q: How many copies did My Friend Stalin sell?

15k to 25k copies, based on its 619 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–25k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before the cut; from 619 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 My Friend Stalin out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including My Friend Stalin's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 69k–325k

best case 346k (House of Detention)

Games like My Friend Stalin

The middle of these games

≈ 69k–325k copies

≈ $119k–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: House of Detention at ≈ 264k–429k copies, ≈ $72k–$193k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Politics (7 of 8) and Political (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dark Fantasy + Psychological Horror, priced around $1.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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).

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House of Detention 2020	Est. copies ≈ 264k–429k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $72k–$193k after Steam's cut $131k–$297k before the cut	$0.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Dark FantasyPsychological Horror
Democracy 3 2013	Est. copies ≈ 458k–745k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before the cut	$24.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimSimulation
Mr.President! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 232k–376k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $636k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.6M before the cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	MemesFunny
Make America Great Again: The Trump Presidency 2016	Est. copies ≈ 75k–123k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62k–$167k after Steam's cut $113k–$257k before the cut	$2.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MemesPost-apocalyptic
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