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How many copies did The Rings of Powder sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 1k–2k
$4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before the cut
from 46 reviews (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 The Rings of Powder out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Rings of Powder's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–3.4M
best case 4.7M (Crusader Kings III)
Games like The Rings of Powder

The middle of these games

≈ 1.6M–3.4M copies

≈ $17.5M–$58.9M after Steam's cut

from ~48k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Crusader Kings III at ≈ 3.5M–5.8M copies, ≈ $48.8M–$131.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
The games that made it here had under 22k reviews in their first month.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Grand Strategy (5 of 8) and RTS (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Medieval + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
The era
The games you compared span 2010 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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Crusader Kings III
2020
Est. copies
≈ 3.5M–5.8M
3.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$48.8M–$131.2M after Steam's cut $88.7M–$201.9M before the cut
$49.99
143k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyMedieval
Against the Storm
2023
Est. copies
≈ 926k–1.5M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$7.6M–$20.5M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.6M before the cut
$29.99
37k reviews
Very Positive
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STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
2010
Est. copies
≈ 2.7M–4.4M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$15.0M–$40.2M after Steam's cut $27.2M–$61.9M before the cut
$19.99
43k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
StrategyRTS
Total War: WARHAMMER
2016
Est. copies
≈ 2.2M–3.5M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$35.9M–$96.5M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.5M before the cut
$59.99
52k reviews
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Northgard: Definitive Edition
2018
Est. copies
≈ 2.1M–3.4M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$20.1M–$54.0M after Steam's cut $36.5M–$83.1M before the cut
$34.99
69k reviews
Very Positive
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We Are The Caretakers
2023
Est. copies
≈ 893–1k
too small to compare
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before the cut
$19.99
36 reviews
Mostly Positive
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
2024
Est. copies
≈ 673k–1.1M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.5M–$30.6M before the cut
$39.99
27k reviews
Very Positive
StrategySimulation
Structura
2021
Est. copies
≈ 25–40
too small to compare
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$55–$146 after Steam's cut $100–$224 before the cut
$7.99
1 reviews
1 user reviews
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