How much revenue did China: Mao's legacy make?

An estimated 58k to 155k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did China: Mao's legacy sell?

Q: How many copies did China: Mao's legacy sell?

An estimated 30k to 49k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–49k; $58k–$155k net $105k–$239k gross; from 1k 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 China: Mao's legacy out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including China: Mao's legacy's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–2.7M

best case 9.3M (Europa Universalis IV)

The Simulation lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 1.8M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.8M copies

≈ $17.1M after Steam's cut

from ~53k reviews

Best case

≈ 9.3M copies

Europa Universalis IV · ≈ $180.4M after Steam's cut

from 137k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

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The games you compared span 2012 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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