How much revenue did Foundation make?

$5.8M–$15.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Foundation sell?

Q: How many copies did Foundation sell?

599k to 973k copies, based on its 24k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 599k–973k; $5.8M–$15.5M after Steam's cut $10.5M–$23.8M before the cut; from 24k 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 Foundation out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Foundation's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 632k–1.8M

best case 3.0M (Manor Lords)

Games like Foundation

The middle of these games

≈ 632k–1.8M copies

≈ $8.3M–$19.8M after Steam's cut

from ~28k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

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

Best case: Manor Lords at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies, ≈ $24.8M–$66.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 22k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on City Builder (4 of 4) and Medieval (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $40.
The era: 3 of your 4 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 43 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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Farthest Frontier 2025	Est. copies ≈ 630k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.3M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$25.1M before the cut	$34.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessHistorical
Laysara: Summit Kingdom 2026	Est. copies ≈ 37k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $251k–$675k after Steam's cut $457k–$1.0M before the cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before the cut	$19.99	31k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.8M–$66.6M after Steam's cut $45.0M–$102.4M before the cut	$39.99	91k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder