How much revenue did Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® make?

$142k–$381k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® sell?

Q: How many copies did Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® sell?

52k to 84k copies, based on its 816 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 52k–84k; $142k–$381k after Steam's cut $258k–$586k before the cut; from 816 reviews (Mostly 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 Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 112k–879k

best case 2.7M (Northgard: Definitive Edition)

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The middle of these games

≈ 112k–879k copies

≈ $1.0M–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Northgard: Definitive Edition at ≈ 2.1M–3.4M copies, ≈ $20.1M–$54.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 4X (6 of 8) and RTS (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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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