How much revenue did This Is the Police make?

An estimated 1.8M to 4.9M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did This Is the Police sell?

Q: How many copies did This Is the Police sell?

An estimated 446k to 725k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 446k–725k; $1.8M–$4.9M net $3.3M–$7.6M gross; from 11k 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 This Is the Police out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including This Is the Police's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.6M–3.3M

best case 10.3M (Stellaris)

The Strategy lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 2.9M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 2.9M copies

≈ $21.2M after Steam's cut

from ~58k reviews

Best case

≈ 10.3M copies

Stellaris · ≈ $198.5M after Steam's cut

from 196k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

2 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 4 are breakout hits far above it, and 2 are too small to compare.

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, priced around $40.
The breakout hits carry War + Singleplayer + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2014 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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