How much revenue did F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin make?

$2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin sell?

Q: How many copies did F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin sell?

602k to 979k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 602k–979k; $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut; from 10k 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 F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.6M–11.7M

best case 12.1M (DOOM)

Games like F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

A typical game among these

≈ 5.6M–11.7M copies

≈ $61.5M–$81.8M after Steam's cut

from ~147k 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: DOOM at ≈ 9.2M–15.0M copies, ≈ $50.7M–$136.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Gore (8 of 8) and First-Person (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Gore, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, and none of them 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
DOOM 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.7M–$136.4M after Steam's cut $92.3M–$209.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	222k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSGore
Resident Evil Village 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	155k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Horror
Outlast 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.4M–$98.0M after Steam's cut $66.3M–$150.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	140k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorFirst-Person
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.1M–$64.9M after Steam's cut $43.9M–$99.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Wolfenstein: The New Order 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M too small to compare SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.2M–$51.7M after Steam's cut $34.9M–$79.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	62k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Outlast 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	65k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Blood and Bacon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $415k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $754k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$0.99	37k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	GoreFunny
Depth 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$42.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ShooterMultiplayer