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How many copies did Hero of the Kingdom III sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 48k–77k
$131k–$351k after Steam's cut $237k–$540k 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.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.0M–5.2M
best case 9.3M (Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition)
Games like Hero of the Kingdom III

The middle of these games

≈ 3.0M–5.2M copies

≈ $26.4M–$62.2M after Steam's cut

from ~92k 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: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition at ≈ 7.1M–11.5M copies, ≈ $87.4M–$235.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 49k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5k to 86k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Hack and Slash (6 of 8) and Action RPG (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Tactical RPG + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $45.
The era
The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 1 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).

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