How much revenue did Homeworld 3 make?

$3.6M–$9.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Homeworld 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Homeworld 3 sell?

217k to 352k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 217k–352k; $3.6M–$9.6M after Steam's cut $6.5M–$14.8M before the cut; from 9k 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 Homeworld 3 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Homeworld 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–3.3M

best case 10.8M (Stellaris)

Games like Homeworld 3

The middle of these games

≈ 1.1M–3.3M copies

≈ $11.9M–$26.5M after Steam's cut

from ~29k 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. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Space (7 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Grand Strategy, priced around $50. The breakout hits carry Grand Strategy + 4X + Exploration; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 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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SPORE™ 2008	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.5M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.2M–$67.8M after Steam's cut $45.8M–$104.3M before the cut	$19.99	73k reviews Very Positive	God GameOpen World
Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.6M after Steam's cut $22.7M–$51.6M before the cut	$19.99	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationSpace
Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 6.9x 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
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Surviving Mars 2018	Est. copies ≈ 873k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	29k reviews Mostly Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
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Empires of the Undergrowth 2024	Est. copies ≈ 467k–759k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.9M before the cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.7M–$15.3M after Steam's cut $10.3M–$23.5M before the cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	ManagementDiplomacy