How much revenue did Ruler of the Waves 1916 make?

An estimated 99 to 266 net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ruler of the Waves 1916 sell?

Q: How many copies did Ruler of the Waves 1916 sell?

An estimated 24 to 39 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24–39; $99–$266 net $180–$409 gross; from 1 reviews (1 user reviews)

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 Ruler of the Waves 1916 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ruler of the Waves 1916's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 374k–402k

best case 784k (Farthest Frontier)

The Strategy lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 386k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 386k copies

≈ $4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

Best case

≈ 784k copies

Farthest Frontier · ≈ $10.6M after Steam's cut

from 25k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

3 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 4 are breakout hits far above it, and 1 is too small to compare.

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 Tower Defense + Strategy, priced around $22.
The breakout hits carry City Builder + Medieval + Building; a typical game here doesn't.
6 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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