How much revenue did Batman™: Arkham Knight make?

$43.0M–$115.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Batman™: Arkham Knight sell?

Q: How many copies did Batman™: Arkham Knight sell?

7.8M to 12.7M copies, based on its 160k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7.8M–12.7M; $43.0M–$115.6M after Steam's cut $78.2M–$177.9M before Steam's cut; from 160k 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 Batman™: Arkham Knight and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Batman™: Arkham Knight's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.2M–6.5M

best case 4.7M (Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered)

Games like Batman™: Arkham Knight

A typical game among these

≈ 2.2M–6.5M copies

≈ $35.0M–$50.0M after Steam's cut

from ~66k 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: Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered at ≈ 3.6M–5.8M copies, ≈ $59.0M–$158.6M after Steam's cut. 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 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 7k to 30k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Superhero (8 of 8) and Open World (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Superhero, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Story Rich + Combat + Action-Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2022, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
LEGO® Marvel™ Super Heroes 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.0M–$29.5M after Steam's cut $19.9M–$45.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	LEGOOpen World
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $27.0M–$72.5M after Steam's cut $49.0M–$111.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	78k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition 2010	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.5M–$82.0M after Steam's cut $55.5M–$126.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	88k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionStealth
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $59.0M–$158.6M after Steam's cut $107.3M–$244.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSuperhero
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.3M–$73.3M after Steam's cut $49.6M–$112.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	78k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionOpen World
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $18.6M–$50.0M after Steam's cut $33.8M–$77.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	45k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerStory Rich
Batman™: Arkham Origins 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.8M–$61.3M after Steam's cut $41.5M–$94.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	66k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $19.4M–$52.1M after Steam's cut $35.2M–$80.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	57k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction