How much revenue did Politburo Simulator make?

$68–$183 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Politburo Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Politburo Simulator sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $68–$183 after Steam's cut $123–$281 before the cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Thin evidence: 5 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–38k

best case 2.0M (Age of History II)

Games like Politburo Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 10k–38k copies

≈ $60k–$102k after Steam's cut

from ~313 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Age of History II at ≈ 1.5M–2.5M copies, ≈ $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 59 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 49 to 162.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Political Sim (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Historical + War, priced around $6.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, and 1 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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Age of History II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 160x 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
The Political Machine 2012	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	288 reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $37k–$98k after Steam's cut $66k–$151k before the cut	$5.99	729 reviews Very Positive	Political SimSimulation
Crisis in the Kremlin 2017	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy
Secret Government 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $75k–$170k before the cut	$19.99	301 reviews Mixed	ConspiracyIlluminati
Precipice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$85k before the cut	$7.99	325 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
The Political Machine 2024 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $36k–$98k after Steam's cut $66k–$151k before the cut	$19.99	267 reviews Mostly Positive	PvPCharacter Customization
SGS NATO's Nightmare 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$76k after Steam's cut $52k–$117k before the cut	$34.99	119 reviews Mostly Positive	WargameStrategy