How much revenue did Detroit: Become Human make?

$72.1M–$193.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Detroit: Become Human sell?

Q: How many copies did Detroit: Become Human sell?

6.6M to 10.7M copies, based on its 264k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6.6M–10.7M; $72.1M–$193.9M after Steam's cut $131.1M–$298.3M before Steam's cut; from 264k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

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 Detroit: Become Human and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Detroit: Become Human's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.2M–14.0M

best case 57.5M (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered)

Games like Detroit: Become Human

A typical game among these

≈ 7.2M–14.0M copies

≈ $71.5M–$170.5M after Steam's cut

from ~183k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered at ≈ 43.8M–71.2M copies, ≈ $602.5M–$1620.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (5 of 8) and Choices Matter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Story Rich, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 to 2024, and 1 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 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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The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut 2008	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.2M–$40.9M after Steam's cut $27.7M–$63.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	88k reviews Very Positive	RPGFantasy
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered 2015	Est. copies ≈ 43.8M–71.2M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $602.5M–$1620.0M after Steam's cut $1095.5M–$2492.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	898k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldRPG
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