How much revenue did First Strike make?

$230k–$619k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did First Strike sell?

Q: How many copies did First Strike sell?

70k to 114k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 70k–114k; $230k–$619k after Steam's cut $419k–$953k before the cut; from 2k 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 First Strike out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including First Strike's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 677k–1.3M

best case 884k (Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic)

Games like First Strike

The middle of these games

≈ 677k–1.3M copies

≈ $8.0M–$13.7M after Steam's cut

from ~17k 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: Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic at ≈ 673k–1.1M copies, ≈ $7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 9k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 6k to 17k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on RTS (5 of 8) and Cold War (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + City Builder, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 3 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
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 673k–1.1M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.5M–$30.6M before the cut	$39.99	27k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	16k reviews Very Positive	Family FriendlyLevel Editor
Tropico 4 2011	Est. copies ≈ 804k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.9M after Steam's cut $10.1M–$22.9M before the cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
WARNO 2024	Est. copies ≈ 397k–645k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.7M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$18.1M before the cut	$39.99	16k reviews Mostly Positive	WargameMilitary
Cold Waters 2017	Est. copies ≈ 163k–265k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before the cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SimulationNaval Combat
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising 2009	Est. copies ≈ 370k–601k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	Family FriendlyLevel Editor
Wargame: Red Dragon 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.1M–$24.5M after Steam's cut $16.6M–$37.7M before the cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Age of History 3 2024	Est. copies ≈ 463k–752k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before the cut	$9.99	19k reviews Very Positive	WargameStrategy