How much revenue did The Last of Us™ Part I make?

$42.1M–$113.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Last of Us™ Part I sell?

Q: How many copies did The Last of Us™ Part I sell?

2.6M to 4.1M copies, based on its 106k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.6M–4.1M; $42.1M–$113.1M after Steam's cut $76.5M–$174.0M before the cut; from 106k 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 The Last of Us™ Part I out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Last of Us™ Part I's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.4M–5.8M

best case 29.9M (Dying Light)

The Story Rich genre

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

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

A typical game

≈ 2.4M–5.8M copies

≈ $22.0M–$108.4M after Steam's cut

from ~67k reviews

Best case

≈ 22.8M–37.1M copies

Dying Light · ≈ $156.7M–$421.4M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (5 of 8) and Zombies (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2022, a genre with a long track record.

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

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