How much revenue did Dead Space make?

$29.2M–$78.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Space sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Space sell?

1.8M to 2.9M copies, based on its 71k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.8M–2.9M; $29.2M–$78.4M after Steam's cut $53.0M–$120.7M before Steam's cut; from 71k 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 Space and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Space's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–3.7M

best case 7.3M (Resident Evil 4 (2005))

Games like Dead Space

A typical game among these

≈ 1.9M–3.7M copies

≈ $29.3M–$38.8M after Steam's cut

from ~54k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Resident Evil 4 (2005) at ≈ 5.5M–9.0M copies, ≈ $30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (3 of 4) and Survival Horror (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Inventory Management + Survival Horror, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2022, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Callisto Protocol™ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.9M–$48.1M after Steam's cut $32.5M–$74.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	44k reviews Mixed	HorrorSci-fi
Dead Space™ 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$43.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	30k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
CONTROL Ultimate Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.7M–$47.7M after Steam's cut $32.2M–$73.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	65k reviews Very Positive	ActionSupernatural
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's cut $55.2M–$125.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	99k reviews Very Positive	Inventory ManagementSurvival Horror