How much revenue did Night of the Dead make?

$2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Night of the Dead sell?

Q: How many copies did Night of the Dead sell?

295k to 479k copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 295k–479k; $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut; from 12k reviews (Mostly 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 Night of the Dead and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Night of the Dead's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.0M–20.2M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like Night of the Dead

A typical game among these

≈ 4.0M–20.2M copies

≈ $42.0M–$218.8M after Steam's cut

from ~156k 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 Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 114k reviews in their first month; the range was 12k to 327k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (7 of 8) and Zombies (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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 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 Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.5M–49.6M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $209.9M–$564.4M after Steam's cut $381.6M–$868.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	483k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Days Gone 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $32.0M–$86.0M after Steam's cut $58.2M–$132.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldZombies
SCUM 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.0M–$104.9M after Steam's cut $70.9M–$161.4M before Steam's cut	$44.99	127k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
METAL GEAR SURVIVE 2018	Est. copies ≈ 174k–282k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Mixed	SurvivalAction
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition 2009	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.6M–$36.5M after Steam's cut $24.7M–$56.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	156k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseZombies
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.2M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut $223.8M–$509.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	401k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies