How much revenue did Arms Race 2 make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Arms Race 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Arms Race 2 sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 13 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 Arms Race 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Arms Race 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 98–196

best case 6.1M (Crusader Kings II)

Games like Arms Race 2

The middle of these games

≈ 98–196 copies

≈ $302–$755 after Steam's cut

from ~5 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Crusader Kings II at ≈ 4.7M–7.6M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 44 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Grand Strategy (8 of 8) and Political Sim (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Grand Strategy + Political Sim, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry War + Historical; a typical game here doesn't.
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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