How much revenue did The Faction make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Faction sell?

Q: How many copies did The Faction sell?

273 to 443 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 273–443; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 11 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 The Faction and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Faction's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 216k–1.7M

best case 11.3M (Ready or Not)

Games like The Faction

A typical game among these

≈ 216k–1.7M copies

≈ $3.6M–$19.0M after Steam's cut

from ~28k 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: Ready or Not at ≈ 8.6M–14.0M copies, ≈ $118.4M–$318.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 143k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Crime (7 of 8) and First-Person (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical + Realistic, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 2 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 38 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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Ready or Not 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8.6M–14.0M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $118.4M–$318.4M after Steam's cut $215.3M–$489.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	347k reviews Mostly Positive	TacticalRealistic
Crime Scene Cleaner 2024	Est. copies ≈ 858k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.1M–$19.0M after Steam's cut $12.9M–$29.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationCrime
Thief Simulator 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 170k–276k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $934k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Stealth
PAYDAY 3 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.3M after Steam's cut $24.6M–$55.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	66k reviews Mixed	HeistCo-op
Drug Dealer Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 522k–848k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCrime
Thief Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	40k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Stealth
Prison Simulator Prologue 2021	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionSingleplayer
Drug Dealer Simulator 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Mixed	MultiplayerOpen World