How much revenue did Call of Duty® make?

Call of Duty® is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Call of Duty® sell?

Q: How many copies did Call of Duty® sell?

19.4M to 31.5M copies, based on its 782k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19.4M–31.5M; from 782k reviews (Mixed)

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 Call of Duty® and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Call of Duty®'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 64.0M–102.8M

best case 820.1M (Counter-Strike 2)

Games like Call of Duty®

A typical game among these

≈ 64.0M–102.8M copies

≈ $274.3M–$520.6M after Steam's cut

from ~1.3M 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: Counter-Strike 2 at ≈ 624.8M–1015.3M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (5 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Shooter. The breakout hits carry Action + FPS + Shooter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2018, 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 38 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
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 2015	Est. copies ≈ 76.0M–123.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	1.6M reviews Very Positive	FPSPvP
Team Fortress 2 2007	Est. copies ≈ 79.1M–128.6M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	1.3M reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayHero Shooter
Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 31.0M–50.3M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut $77.3M–$175.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
Counter-Strike 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 624.8M–1015.3M 7.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	9.9M reviews Very Positive	FPSShooter
Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 80.0M–130.1M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut $399.8M–$909.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 95.8M–155.7M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.8M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 67.0M–108.9M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut $334.7M–$761.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.3M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $469.3M–$1261.8M after Steam's cut $853.3M–$1941.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting