How much revenue did Outbreak: Epidemic make?

$7k–$18k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Outbreak: Epidemic sell?

Q: How many copies did Outbreak: Epidemic sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 97 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut; from 97 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: Epidemic and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Outbreak: Epidemic's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.8M–8.2M

best case 9.1M (Resident Evil 4)

Games like Outbreak: Epidemic

A typical game among these

≈ 4.8M–8.2M copies

≈ $54.9M–$98.5M after Steam's cut

from ~99k reviews

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

3 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 3 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 68k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival Horror (7 of 8) and Third-Person Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 2 of the 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M 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
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 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M 2.8x 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
Outbreak 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut	$9.99	130 reviews Mixed	Survival HorrorThird-Person Shooter
Customers From Hell - Game For Retail Workers (Zombie Survival Game) 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $218–$585 after Steam's cut $396–$900 before Steam's cut	$7.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	ActionSurvival Horror
Bloody Moon 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before Steam's cut	$0.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	ZombiesPost-apocalyptic
Farmageddon: Undead 2024	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$110 after Steam's cut $74–$169 before Steam's cut	$1.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Outbreak SimThird-Person Shooter
Darke: Haunting Hours 2025	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $96–$255 after Steam's cut $175–$392 before Steam's cut	$13.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Survival Horror Horror