How much revenue did Spear Song make?

$20k–$52k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Spear Song sell?

Q: How many copies did Spear Song sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 191 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $20k–$52k after Steam's cut $36k–$81k before the cut; from 191 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 Spear Song out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Spear Song's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–9.8M

best case 20.6M (Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI)

Games like Spear Song

The middle of these games

≈ 2.9M–9.8M copies

≈ $35.5M–$185.9M after Steam's cut

from ~63k 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: Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI at ≈ 15.7M–25.6M copies, ≈ $259.5M–$697.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Turn-Based Strategy (8 of 8) and Historical (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Historical, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2020, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Sid Meier's Civilization® V 2010	Est. copies ≈ 13.3M–21.6M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $109.7M–$295.1M after Steam's cut $199.5M–$454.0M before the cut	$29.99	211k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based StrategyStrategy
RISK: Global Domination 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	42k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.7M–25.6M 6.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $259.5M–$697.7M after Steam's cut $471.8M–$1073.4M before the cut	$59.99	378k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
XCOM: Enemy Unknown 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.3M–$41.0M after Steam's cut $27.7M–$63.1M before the cut	$14.99	59k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyTactical
Total War: ATTILA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.7M–$61.1M after Steam's cut $41.3M–$94.0M before the cut	$44.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition 2006	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.8M–$42.5M after Steam's cut $28.7M–$65.3M before the cut	$24.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyMedieval
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $91.8M–$246.8M after Steam's cut $166.9M–$379.7M before the cut	$59.99	88k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: SHOGUN 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.2M–$94.8M after Steam's cut $64.1M–$145.8M before the cut	$29.99	68k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical