How many copies did WARMACHINE: Tactics sell?

65k to 106k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did WARMACHINE: Tactics make?

WARMACHINE: Tactics is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is WARMACHINE: Tactics?

Estimated owners: ≈ 65k–106k; from 1k 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 WARMACHINE: Tactics out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WARMACHINE: Tactics's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–199k

best case 472k (Gremlins, Inc.)

Games like WARMACHINE: Tactics

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–199k copies

≈ $101k–$1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~479 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Gremlins, Inc. at ≈ 360k–585k copies, ≈ $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Turn-Based (5 of 8) and Steampunk (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Board Game + Tabletop, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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).

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Gremlins, Inc. 2016	Est. copies ≈ 360k–585k 18x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before the cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Board GameTabletop
SteamWorld Heist 2016	Est. copies ≈ 259k–421k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based
Ironclad Tactics 2013	Est. copies ≈ 40k–64k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $163k–$438k after Steam's cut $296k–$674k before the cut	$14.99	625 reviews Mixed	DeckbuildingCard Battler
Scythe: Digital Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 116k–189k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $638k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.6M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Board GameStrategy
Age of Grit 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before the cut	$14.99	65 reviews Mostly Positive	SteampunkCRPG
Steam Marines 2014	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $103k–$276k after Steam's cut $186k–$424k before the cut	$19.99	333 reviews Mixed	Rogue-likeStrategy
Bang! Howdy 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	123 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based TacticsTime Management
Steam Tactics 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$4.99	59 reviews Very Positive	SteampunkTurn-Based Tactics