How much revenue did WARSHIFT make?

$80k–$215k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did WARSHIFT sell?

Q: How many copies did WARSHIFT sell?

29k to 47k copies, based on its 699 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 29k–47k; $80k–$215k after Steam's cut $145k–$330k before the cut; from 699 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 WARSHIFT out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WARSHIFT's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–2.1M

best case 37.7M (HELLDIVERS™ 2)

Games like WARSHIFT

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–2.1M copies

≈ $3k–$42.4M after Steam's cut

from ~884 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: HELLDIVERS™ 2 at ≈ 28.7M–46.7M copies, ≈ $315.9M–$849.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 37 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 251k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Third-Person Shooter (5 of 8) and RTS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third-Person Shooter + Shooter, priced around $40.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 70 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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HELLDIVERS™ 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 28.7M–46.7M 1311x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $315.9M–$849.4M after Steam's cut $574.4M–$1306.8M before the cut	$39.99	1.2M reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpPvE
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M 253x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $91.3M–$245.5M after Steam's cut $166.0M–$377.7M before the cut	$59.99	223k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KAction
Halo: Spartan Assault 2014	Est. copies ≈ 276k–448k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $227k–$609k after Steam's cut $412k–$938k before the cut	$2.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionTop-Down Shooter
Halo: Spartan Strike 2015	Est. copies ≈ 83k–135k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $68k–$184k after Steam's cut $124k–$283k before the cut	$2.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionTop-Down Shooter
Tactical Command 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut	$7.99	43 reviews Positive	StrategyRTS
Project Hacker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$110 after Steam's cut $74–$169 before the cut	$1.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	ActionCasual
Tactical Warfare 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before the cut	$9.99	62 reviews Mixed	StrategyRTS
Stars And Empires: Colony Defense 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $103–$273 after Steam's cut $187–$420 before the cut	$14.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Shoot 'Em UpThird-Person Shooter