How much revenue did Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game make?

$364k–$978k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game sell?

132k to 215k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 132k–215k; $364k–$978k after Steam's cut $662k–$1.5M before the cut; from 2k 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 Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.4M–8.9M

best case 20.5M (Hearts of Iron IV)

Games like Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

The middle of these games

≈ 3.4M–8.9M copies

≈ $29.3M–$120.9M after Steam's cut

from ~83k 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: Hearts of Iron IV at ≈ 15.6M–25.4M copies, ≈ $214.5M–$576.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on World War II (7 of 8) and War (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with World War II + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2020, 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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