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How many copies did Periculum sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 248–403
$409–$1k after Steam's cut $743–$2k before the cut
from 10 reviews (Mostly 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 Periculum out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Periculum's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 122k–2.6M
best case 2.2M (Total War: SHOGUN 2)
Games like Periculum

The middle of these games

≈ 122k–2.6M copies

≈ $2.7M–$38.7M after Steam's cut

from ~26k 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: Total War: SHOGUN 2 at ≈ 1.7M–2.7M copies.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Grand Strategy (7 of 8) and Turn-Based Strategy (7 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Historical + Turn-Based Strategy.
The era
The games you compared span 2006 to 2022, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Total War: SHOGUN 2
unreleased
Est. copies
≈ 1.7M–2.7M
2.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
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Free
Free
68k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyHistorical
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
2006
Est. copies
≈ 2.3M–3.7M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$15.8M–$42.5M after Steam's cut $28.7M–$65.3M before the cut
$24.99
36k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
StrategyMedieval
Total War: SHOGUN 2
2011
Est. copies
≈ 4.3M–6.9M
2.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$35.2M–$94.8M after Steam's cut $64.1M–$145.8M before the cut
$29.99
68k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyHistorical
Total War: ATTILA
2015
Est. copies
≈ 1.8M–3.0M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$22.7M–$61.1M after Steam's cut $41.3M–$94.0M before the cut
$44.99
38k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyHistorical
A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
2018
Est. copies
≈ 452k–735k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.6M before the cut
$39.99
15k reviews
Mostly Positive
StrategyHistorical
Medieval: Total War™ - Collection
2015
Est. copies
≈ 120k–195k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$329k–$885k after Steam's cut $598k–$1.4M before the cut
$9.99
2k reviews
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Imperia Online
2016
Est. copies
≈ 13k–22k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
319 reviews
Mixed
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Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
2022
Est. copies
≈ 12k–19k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$49k–$132k after Steam's cut $90k–$204k before the cut
$14.99
482 reviews
Very Positive
Turn-BasedSingleplayer

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