How much revenue did Tomb Raider II (1997) make?

$287k–$772k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tomb Raider II (1997) sell?

Q: How many copies did Tomb Raider II (1997) sell?

149k to 243k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149k–243k; $287k–$772k after Steam's cut $522k–$1.2M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Tomb Raider II (1997) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tomb Raider II (1997)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–3.2M

best case 8.5M (Resident Evil 2)

Games like Tomb Raider II (1997)

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–3.2M copies

≈ $7.5M–$29.6M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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: Resident Evil 2 at ≈ 6.5M–10.5M copies, ≈ $70.9M–$190.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Classic (5 of 8) and Horror (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2020, 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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Resident Evil 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.9M–$26.5M after Steam's cut $17.9M–$40.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	Survival HorrorZombies
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Bayonetta 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
Resident Evil 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.5M 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $70.9M–$190.7M after Steam's cut $129.0M–$293.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	224k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror