How much revenue did Middle East Empire 2027 make?

$435–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Middle East Empire 2027 sell?

Q: How many copies did Middle East Empire 2027 sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $435–$1k after Steam's cut $791–$2k before the cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Thin evidence: 8 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Middle East Empire 2027 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Middle East Empire 2027's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 58k–317k

best case 1.0M (Imperator: Rome)

Games like Middle East Empire 2027

The middle of these games

≈ 58k–317k copies

≈ $86k–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Imperator: Rome at ≈ 774k–1.3M copies, ≈ $8.5M–$22.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 170 to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Strategy RPG (5 of 8) and Grand Strategy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Grand Strategy + Simulation, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, 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 36 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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