How much revenue did Dead Containment make?

$5k–$13k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Containment sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Containment sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 69 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$19k before Steam's cut; from 69 reviews (Very 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 Dead Containment and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Containment's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–5k

best case 342k (The Typing of The Dead: Overkill)

Games like Dead Containment

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–5k copies

≈ $3k–$12k after Steam's cut

from ~81 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Typing of The Dead: Overkill at ≈ 260k–423k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 11 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 727.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (7 of 8) and On-Rails Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with On-Rails Shooter + Zombies, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Zombies + Action + Typing; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill 2013	Est. copies ≈ 260k–423k 51x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	TypingOn-Rails Shooter
Interstellar Plunderer 2024	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $885–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	26 reviews Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Sniper Strike: Special Ops 2018	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	388 reviews Mixed	On-Rails ShooterDriving
BioCrisis 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$2.99	74 reviews Very Positive	ActionPixel Graphics
Railbreak 2023	Est. copies ≈ 967–2k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$19.99	39 reviews Mostly Positive	On-Rails ShooterFPS
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74k–121k 37x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $511k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $928k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Mixed	ActionOn-Rails Shooter
Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$50k before Steam's cut	$19.99	88 reviews Very Positive	VROn-Rails Shooter
69 Ways to Kill a Zombie 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$4.99	140 reviews Mixed	VRZombies