How many copies did March of Empires sell?

64k to 104k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did March of Empires make?

March of Empires is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is March of Empires?

Estimated owners: ≈ 64k–104k; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

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 March of Empires out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including March of Empires's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–1.3M

best case 9.6M (Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord)

Games like March of Empires

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–1.3M copies

≈ $2k–$15.0M 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.

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord at ≈ 7.3M–11.9M copies, ≈ $101.0M–$271.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 278 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 200k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Medieval (8 of 8) and War (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medieval + Open World, priced around $50.
The era: Only 2 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 36 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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Mounted War 2024	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $265–$713 after Steam's cut $481–$1k before the cut	$2.99	13 reviews Mixed	ActionMedieval
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7.3M–11.9M 165x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $101.0M–$271.6M after Steam's cut $183.7M–$417.9M before the cut	$49.99	296k reviews Very Positive	MedievalStrategy
Gladiator of sparta 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before the cut	$9.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Spectacle fighterBattle Royale
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Conqueror's Blade 2019	Est. copies ≈ 859k–1.4M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	30k reviews Mostly Positive	MedievalTactical
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Chivalry 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 33x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.0M–$42.9M after Steam's cut $29.0M–$66.0M before the cut	$39.99	58k reviews Mostly Positive	SwordplayMedieval
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