How much revenue did Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) make?

$3.7M–$9.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) sell?

Q: How many copies did Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) sell?

1.3M to 2.2M copies, based on its 21k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.2M; $3.7M–$9.8M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$15.1M before the cut; from 21k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 101k–126k

best case 478k (The Stronghold Collection)

Games like Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)

The middle of these games

≈ 101k–126k copies

≈ $645k–$790k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: The Stronghold Collection at ≈ 364k–591k copies, ≈ $2.5M–$6.7M 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 660 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 322 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on City Builder (7 of 8) and Economy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Real Time Tactics, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Real Time Tactics + Colony Sim + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2026, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Vedelem: The Golden Horde 2021	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	795 reviews Very Positive	StrategyBase-Building
Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 113k–184k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $467k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $850k–$1.9M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Real Time TacticsCity Builder
Medieval Kingdom Wars 2019	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $311k–$835k after Steam's cut $565k–$1.3M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Grand StrategyRTS
Stronghold 2: Steam Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 198k–322k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $816k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderReal Time Tactics
Territory: Farming and Warfare 2026	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $77k–$208k after Steam's cut $141k–$320k before the cut	$14.99	756 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSimulation
The Stronghold Collection 2009	Est. copies ≈ 364k–591k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before the cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderReal Time Tactics
Stronghold: Warlords 2021	Est. copies ≈ 132k–214k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut	$39.99	5k reviews Mixed	City BuilderReal Time Tactics
Game of Thrones Winter is Coming 2019	Est. copies ≈ 79k–129k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayStrategy