How much revenue did Outbreak: Lost Hope make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Outbreak: Lost Hope sell?

Q: How many copies did Outbreak: Lost Hope sell?

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

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 864–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut; from 30 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Outbreak: Lost Hope and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Outbreak: Lost Hope's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–6.1M

best case 9.1M (Resident Evil 4)

Games like Outbreak: Lost Hope

A typical game among these

≈ 2.1M–6.1M copies

≈ $22.7M–$55.5M after Steam's cut

from ~58k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Resident Evil 4 at ≈ 7.0M–11.3M copies, ≈ $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 20k reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 68k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Third-Person Shooter (8 of 8) and Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2023, 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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Resident Evil 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut $139.0M–$316.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction
Dead Space 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $29.2M–$78.4M after Steam's cut $53.0M–$120.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	71k reviews Very Positive	HorrorThird-Person Shooter
Resident Evil Revelations 2 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.7M–$35.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesHorror
Night Gate 2023	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	27 reviews Mixed	ActionAdventure
The Callisto Protocol™ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.9M–$48.1M after Steam's cut $32.5M–$74.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	44k reviews Mixed	HorrorSci-fi
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's cut $55.2M–$125.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	99k reviews Very Positive	Inventory ManagementSurvival Horror
Höll Space 5D6 2021	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $476–$1k after Steam's cut $866–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	14 reviews Mixed	Early AccessThird-Person Shooter
Dead Space™ 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$43.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	30k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror