How much revenue did Here to Stay make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Here to Stay sell?

Q: How many copies did Here to Stay sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 23 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 Here to Stay out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Here to Stay's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–410k

best case 2.0M (Age of History II)

Games like Here to Stay

The middle of these games

≈ 38k–410k copies

≈ $212k–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Age of History II at ≈ 1.5M–2.5M copies, ≈ $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 573 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 190 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Political Sim (8 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Historical + War, priced around $6.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2023, 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 43 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
Age of History II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 35x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before the cut	$5.99	50k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Crisis in the Kremlin 2017	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy
China: Mao's legacy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $106k–$240k before the cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy
Imperator: Rome 2019	Est. copies ≈ 774k–1.3M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.5M–$22.9M after Steam's cut $15.5M–$35.2M before the cut	$39.99	27k reviews Mixed	StrategyGrand Strategy
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War 2019	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $197k–$531k after Steam's cut $359k–$816k before the cut	$17.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimSandbox
Democracy 4 2022	Est. copies ≈ 158k–257k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before the cut	$29.99	6k reviews Very Positive	StrategyPolitical Sim
Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升 2023	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $130k–$350k after Steam's cut $236k–$538k before the cut	$24.99	763 reviews Very Positive	Strategy4X
Shadows of Forbidden Gods 2023	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $145k–$389k after Steam's cut $263k–$598k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation