How much revenue did Age of Wonders III make?

$5.9M–$15.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Age of Wonders III sell?

Q: How many copies did Age of Wonders III sell?

717k to 1.2M copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 717k–1.2M; $5.9M–$15.9M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.5M before the cut; from 13k 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 Age of Wonders III out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Age of Wonders III's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 217k–911k

best case 2.9M (Total War: WARHAMMER)

Games like Age of Wonders III

The middle of these games

≈ 217k–911k copies

≈ $2.0M–$14.9M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: Total War: WARHAMMER at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies, ≈ $35.9M–$96.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Fantasy (8 of 8) and Turn-Based Strategy (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fantasy + RTS, priced around $60.
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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