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How big is World of Warships?
Estimated owners
≈ 5.3M–8.7M
from 155k 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 World of Warships out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including World of Warships's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 226k–835k
best case 52.2M (War Thunder)
The Simulation lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 356k copies.

A typical game
≈ 356k copies
≈ $4.3M after Steam's cut
from ~6k reviews
Best case
≈ 52.2M copies
War Thunder
from 765k 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 Free to Play + Simulation, priced around $15.
  • The games you compared span 2009 to 2020, 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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8.8x vs typical
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