How much revenue did Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics make?

$55k–$149k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics sell?

Q: How many copies did Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 265 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $55k–$149k after Steam's cut $101k–$229k before the cut; from 265 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 Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 440k–482k

best case 791k (Marvel's Midnight Suns)

Games like Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics

The middle of these games

≈ 440k–482k copies

≈ $4.8M–$6.7M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: Marvel's Midnight Suns at ≈ 603k–980k copies, ≈ $9.9M–$26.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 6k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3k to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Turn-Based Combat (7 of 8) and Turn-Based Tactics (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Post-apocalyptic, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Post-apocalyptic + Character Customization; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 38 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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