How much revenue did Age of Mythology: Extended Edition make?

$16.7M–$45.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Age of Mythology: Extended Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Age of Mythology: Extended Edition sell?

2.0M to 3.3M copies, based on its 36k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.0M–3.3M; $16.7M–$45.0M after Steam's cut $30.4M–$69.3M before the cut; from 36k reviews (Very 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 Age of Mythology: Extended Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Age of Mythology: Extended Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–33k

best case 2.7M (Northgard: Definitive Edition)

Games like Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

The middle of these games

≈ 28k–33k copies

≈ $281k–$426k after Steam's cut

from ~853 reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Northgard: Definitive Edition at ≈ 2.1M–3.4M copies, ≈ $20.1M–$54.0M 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 423 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 333 to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on RTS (7 of 8) and Base-Building (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Simulation; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 2 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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Northgard: Definitive Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M 80x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.1M–$54.0M after Steam's cut $36.5M–$83.1M before the cut	$34.99	69k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
A Total War Saga: TROY 2021	Est. copies ≈ 93k–152k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before the cut	$39.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation
Age of Mythology: Retold 2024	Est. copies ≈ 580k–942k 27x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.8M–$12.9M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.8M before the cut	$29.99	23k reviews Very Positive	Strategy3D
DwarfHeim 2021	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	633 reviews Mixed	RTSBase-Building
Sea Salt 2019	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $87k–$233k after Steam's cut $158k–$359k before the cut	$14.99	731 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie
Godsworn 2024	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $174k–$469k after Steam's cut $317k–$722k before the cut	$29.99	853 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessStory Rich
Gord 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $241k–$647k after Steam's cut $437k–$995k before the cut	$34.99	1k reviews Mixed	AdventureColony Sim
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