How much revenue did The Walking Dead make?

$17.1M–$46.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Walking Dead sell?

Q: How many copies did The Walking Dead sell?

4.2M to 6.8M copies, based on its 80k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.2M–6.8M; $17.1M–$46.1M after Steam's cut $31.2M–$70.9M before the cut; from 80k 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 The Walking Dead out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Walking Dead's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.9M–27.8M

best case 40.0M (Wallpaper Engine)

The Horror genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 7.9M–27.8M copies

≈ $76.1M–$171.1M after Steam's cut

from ~272k reviews

Best case

≈ 30.5M–49.6M copies

Wallpaper Engine · ≈ $41.9M–$112.5M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (5 of 8) and First-Person (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2004 to 2023, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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