How much revenue did Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution make?

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution sell?

Q: How many copies did Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution sell?

325k to 528k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 325k–528k; from 13k 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 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–4.0M

best case 9.4M (Company of Heroes 2)

Games like Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution

The middle of these games

≈ 1.4M–4.0M copies

≈ $18.2M–$58.7M after Steam's cut

from ~33k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Company of Heroes 2 at ≈ 7.1M–11.6M copies, ≈ $39.3M–$105.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on RTS (8 of 8) and Tactical (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with World War II + RTS, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2023, and none of them 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).

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