How much revenue did Dragon's Dogma 2 make?

$32.1M–$86.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dragon's Dogma 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Dragon's Dogma 2 sell?

2.9M to 4.7M copies, based on its 118k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.9M–4.7M; $32.1M–$86.3M after Steam's cut $58.3M–$132.7M before Steam's cut; from 118k 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 Dragon's Dogma 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dragon's Dogma 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.3M–29.2M

best case 37.7M (ELDEN RING)

Games like Dragon's Dogma 2

A typical game among these

≈ 7.3M–29.2M copies

≈ $90.8M–$430.3M after Steam's cut

from ~346k 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: ELDEN RING at ≈ 28.7M–46.6M copies, ≈ $473.6M–$1273.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (8 of 8) and Fantasy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Open World, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered 2015	Est. copies ≈ 43.8M–71.2M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $602.5M–$1620.0M after Steam's cut $1095.5M–$2492.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	898k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldRPG
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011	Est. copies ≈ 20.1M–32.6M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $110.4M–$296.9M after Steam's cut $200.7M–$456.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	318k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldRPG
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $55.4M–$149.1M after Steam's cut $100.8M–$229.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $30.0M–$80.6M after Steam's cut $54.5M–$124.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	97k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
ELDEN RING 2022	Est. copies ≈ 28.7M–46.6M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $473.6M–$1273.3M after Steam's cut $861.1M–$1959.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeOpen World
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Hogwarts Legacy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 9.3M–15.1M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $153.2M–$412.0M after Steam's cut $278.6M–$633.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	375k reviews Very Positive	MagicOpen World
The Elder Scrolls® Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $30.6M–$82.2M after Steam's cut $55.6M–$126.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	162k reviews Very Positive	RPGMMORPG