How much revenue did Crisis in the Kremlin make?

$69k–$186k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Crisis in the Kremlin sell?

Q: How many copies did Crisis in the Kremlin sell?

50k to 82k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50k–82k; $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before the cut; from 1k 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 Crisis in the Kremlin out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Crisis in the Kremlin's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 126k–522k

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

Games like Crisis in the Kremlin

The middle of these games

≈ 126k–522k copies

≈ $679k–$7.3M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

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

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (3 of 3) and City Builder (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + City Builder, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 1 of your 3 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
Tropico 3 2009	Est. copies ≈ 123k–200k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $506k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $920k–$2.1M before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 673k–1.1M 13x 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
First Strike 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $230k–$619k after Steam's cut $419k–$953k before the cut	$11.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRTS