How many copies did Old School RuneScape sell?

509k to 828k copies, based on its 21k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Old School RuneScape make?

Old School RuneScape is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Old School RuneScape?

Estimated owners: ≈ 509k–828k; from 21k 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 Old School RuneScape out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Old School RuneScape's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 269k–584k

best case 9.7M (New World: Aeternum)

The MMORPG genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 269k–584k copies

from ~9k reviews

Best case

≈ 7.4M–12.0M copies

New World: Aeternum

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on MMORPG (8 of 8) and Open World (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with MMORPG, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2022, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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