How much revenue did Citadel: Forged with Fire make?

An estimated 699k to 1.9M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Citadel: Forged with Fire sell?

Q: How many copies did Citadel: Forged with Fire sell?

An estimated 170k to 276k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 170k–276k; $699k–$1.9M net $1.3M–$2.9M gross; from 6k reviews (Mixed)

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 Citadel: Forged with Fire out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Citadel: Forged with Fire's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.3M–8.6M

best case 34.8M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

The Multiplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 7.3M copies.

A typical game

≈ 7.3M copies

≈ $71.8M after Steam's cut

from ~147k reviews

Best case

≈ 34.8M copies

ARK: Survival Evolved · ≈ $201.8M after Steam's cut

from 772k reviews

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 Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $15.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2021, 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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