How much revenue did Total War: ATTILA make?

$22.7M–$61.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Total War: ATTILA sell?

Q: How many copies did Total War: ATTILA sell?

1.8M to 3.0M copies, based on its 38k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.8M–3.0M; $22.7M–$61.1M after Steam's cut $41.3M–$94.0M before the cut; from 38k 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 Total War: ATTILA out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Total War: ATTILA's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.2M–4.5M

best case 20.6M (Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI)

Games like Total War: ATTILA

The middle of these games

≈ 2.2M–4.5M copies

≈ $25.6M–$112.0M after Steam's cut

from ~44k 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: Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI at ≈ 15.7M–25.6M copies, ≈ $259.5M–$697.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Grand Strategy (8 of 8) and Historical (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Historical, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2019, 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 36 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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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.7M–25.6M 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $259.5M–$697.7M after Steam's cut $471.8M–$1073.4M before the cut	$59.99	378k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Rome: Total War™ - Collection 2007	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Age of History II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 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
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.2M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before the cut	$24.99	28k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $29.6M–$79.7M after Steam's cut $53.9M–$122.6M before the cut	$39.99	94k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition 2009	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $16.5M–$44.4M after Steam's cut $30.1M–$68.4M before the cut	$24.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition 2006	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.8M–$42.5M after Steam's cut $28.7M–$65.3M before the cut	$24.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyMedieval
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $91.8M–$246.8M after Steam's cut $166.9M–$379.7M before the cut	$59.99	88k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical