How much revenue did Sleeping Dogs make?

Sleeping Dogs is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Sleeping Dogs sell?

Q: How many copies did Sleeping Dogs sell?

428k to 696k copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 428k–696k; from 17k 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 Sleeping Dogs and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sleeping Dogs's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–2.5M

best case 9.9M (NARAKA: BLADEPOINT)

Games like Sleeping Dogs

A typical game among these

≈ 1.0M–2.5M copies

≈ $9.8M–$42.8M after Steam's cut

from ~49k 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: NARAKA: BLADEPOINT at ≈ 7.5M–12.2M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19k reviews in their first month; the range was 8k to 48k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Martial Arts (5 of 8) and Open World (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Battle Royale + Martial Arts. The breakout hits carry Battle Royale + Mature + Character Customization; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 70 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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NARAKA: BLADEPOINT 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleMultiplayer
Street Fighter™ 6 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut $39.7M–$90.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	80k reviews Very Positive	2D FighterFighting
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$66.8M after Steam's cut $45.2M–$102.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	73k reviews Very Positive	AnimeAction
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.3M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.6M–$66.2M after Steam's cut $44.7M–$101.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	80k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Sword and Fairy 7 2021	Est. copies ≈ 477k–775k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.6M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGSingleplayer
Gujian3(古剑奇谭三) 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	49k reviews Very Positive	RPGStory Rich
Sands of Salzaar 2021	Est. copies ≈ 571k–929k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	23k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldRPG
嗜血印 Bloody Spell 2022	Est. copies ≈ 976k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$18.0M after Steam's cut $12.2M–$27.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	NuditySexual Content