How much revenue did Resident Evil 4 make?

$75.3M–$202.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Resident Evil 4 sell?

Q: How many copies did Resident Evil 4 sell?

6.8M to 11.1M copies, based on its 276k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6.8M–11.1M; $75.3M–$202.5M after Steam's cut $136.9M–$311.6M before the cut; from 276k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Resident Evil 4 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Resident Evil 4's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 25.0M–52.1M

best case 55.6M (Rust)

Games like Resident Evil 4

The middle of these games

≈ 25.0M–52.1M copies

≈ $200.3M–$369.3M after Steam's cut

from ~612k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Rust at ≈ 42.4M–68.9M copies, ≈ $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (7 of 8) and Open World (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Crafting, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2023, 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).

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Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 66.8M–108.6M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $183.6M–$493.6M after Steam's cut $333.8M–$759.4M before the cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.2M–39.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $166.0M–$446.3M after Steam's cut $301.8M–$686.6M before the cut	$24.99	495k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.7M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.1M–$250.3M after Steam's cut $169.3M–$385.1M before the cut	$14.99	543k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
DayZ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's cut $356.0M–$809.9M before the cut	$49.99	469k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.4M–68.9M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut $847.6M–$1928.4M before the cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting
Lethal Company 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12.7M–20.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.8M–$93.6M after Steam's cut $63.3M–$143.9M before the cut	$9.99	511k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Online Co-OpHorror
Dead by Daylight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 38.8M–63.1M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $213.5M–$574.0M after Steam's cut $388.2M–$883.1M before the cut	$19.99	934k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer