How much revenue did Stellaris make?

An estimated 107.6M to 289.3M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stellaris sell?

Q: How many copies did Stellaris sell?

An estimated 7.8M to 12.7M copies, based on its 196k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7.8M–12.7M; $107.6M–$289.3M net $195.7M–$445.1M gross; from 196k 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 Stellaris out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stellaris's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 950k–1.3M

best case 2.9M (STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack)

The Strategy lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 1.1M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.1M copies

≈ $13.2M after Steam's cut

from ~21k reviews

Best case

≈ 2.9M copies

STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack · ≈ $22.5M after Steam's cut

from 43k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Strategy + RTS, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2010 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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