How much revenue did The Day Before make?

The Day Before is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did The Day Before sell?

Q: How many copies did The Day Before sell?

557k to 905k copies, based on its 23k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 557k–905k; from 23k reviews (Overwhelmingly Negative)

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 The Day Before out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Day Before's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 41k–77k

best case 36.3M (HELLDIVERS™ 2)

The Co-op genre

7 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

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

≈ 41k–77k copies

≈ $434k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Best case

≈ 27.6M–44.9M copies

HELLDIVERS™ 2 · ≈ $303.8M–$816.9M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Co-op (4 of 8) and Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

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

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