How much revenue did Ascension make?

$366k–$985k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ascension sell?

Q: How many copies did Ascension sell?

67k to 108k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 67k–108k; $366k–$985k after Steam's cut $666k–$1.5M before the cut; from 3k reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 81k–131k

best case 20.6M (Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI)

Games like Ascension

The middle of these games

≈ 81k–131k copies

≈ $493k–$759k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI at ≈ 15.7M–25.6M copies, ≈ $259.5M–$697.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 484 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Turn-Based Strategy (6 of 8) and 4X (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Historical, priced around $55. The breakout hits carry Grand Strategy + Multiplayer + Historical; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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 61 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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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.7M–25.6M 143x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $259.5M–$697.7M after Steam's cut $471.8M–$1073.4M before the cut	$59.99	378k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
The Battle of Polytopia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 148k–241k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $611k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville 2015	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $749k–$1.7M before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
As Far As The Eye 2020	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $362k–$973k after Steam's cut $658k–$1.5M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyBuilding
Slipways 2021	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $267k–$719k after Steam's cut $486k–$1.1M before the cut	$16.99	2k reviews Very Positive	StrategyPuzzle
HUMANKIND™ 2021	Est. copies ≈ 709k–1.2M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.8M–$26.2M after Steam's cut $17.7M–$40.3M before the cut	$49.99	29k reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Pixel Starships 2023	Est. copies ≈ 74k–121k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Sci-fiSpace
Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord 2021	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $108k–$289k after Steam's cut $196k–$445k before the cut	$3.99	4k reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy