How much revenue did Hearts of Iron III make?

$1.1M–$2.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hearts of Iron III sell?

Q: How many copies did Hearts of Iron III sell?

384k to 624k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 384k–624k; $1.1M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut; from 6k 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 Hearts of Iron III out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hearts of Iron III's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 164k–1.7M

best case 20.5M (Hearts of Iron IV)

Games like Hearts of Iron III

The middle of these games

≈ 164k–1.7M copies

≈ $1.5M–$8.7M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Hearts of Iron IV at ≈ 15.6M–25.4M copies, ≈ $214.5M–$576.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Grand Strategy (7 of 8) and World War II (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with World War II + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2020, 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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Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game 2011	Est. copies ≈ 132k–215k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $364k–$978k after Steam's cut $662k–$1.5M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	StrategyGrand Strategy
Unity of Command II 2019	Est. copies ≈ 63k–103k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $523k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $950k–$2.2M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Hearts of Iron IV 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.6M–25.4M 71x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $214.5M–$576.7M after Steam's cut $390.0M–$887.2M before the cut	$49.99	375k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Supremacy: Call of War 1942 2017	Est. copies ≈ 219k–356k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFree to Play
Age of History II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 9.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before the cut	$5.99	50k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Panzer Corps Gold 2014	Est. copies ≈ 153k–249k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before the cut	$29.99	3k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Panzer Corps 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 104k–169k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before the cut	$39.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Victoria II 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.9M–$18.7M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.7M before the cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy