How much revenue did Total War: SHOGUN 2 make?

An estimated 28.8M to 77.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Total War: SHOGUN 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Total War: SHOGUN 2 sell?

An estimated 3.5M to 5.7M copies, based on its 67k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.5M–5.7M; $28.8M–$77.5M net $52.4M–$119.2M gross; from 67k 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 Total War: SHOGUN 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Total War: SHOGUN 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.4M–8.1M

best case 19.7M (Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI)

The Historical lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 3.0M copies.

A typical game

≈ 3.0M copies

≈ $47.0M after Steam's cut

from ~69k reviews

Best case

≈ 19.7M copies

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI · ≈ $457.4M after Steam's cut

from 376k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Strategy + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $60.
The games you compared span 2006 to 2019, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.9M–$34.6M net $23.4M–$53.3M gross	$24.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyMedieval +6
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