How much revenue did METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE make?

$41.1M–$110.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE sell?

Q: How many copies did METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE sell?

5.0M to 8.1M copies, based on its 89k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.0M–8.1M; $41.1M–$110.6M after Steam's cut $74.8M–$170.2M before Steam's cut; from 89k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.9M–7.3M

best case 20.7M (Monster Hunter: World)

Games like METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

A typical game among these

≈ 6.9M–7.3M copies

≈ $70.8M–$81.9M after Steam's cut

from ~154k 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: Monster Hunter: World at ≈ 15.8M–25.6M copies, ≈ $129.9M–$349.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hack and Slash (5 of 8) and Third Person (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Ninja, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Action; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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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NieR:Automata™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut $105.8M–$240.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	154k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Castle Crashers® 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.9M–14.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.7M–$98.7M after Steam's cut $66.8M–$151.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2DOnline Co-Op
Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut $69.8M–$158.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	184k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction Roguelike
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10.3M–16.7M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $169.4M–$455.5M after Steam's cut $308.0M–$700.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	357k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Souls-likeDifficult
Devil May Cry 5 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $40.6M–$109.2M after Steam's cut $73.9M–$168.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	171k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionHack and Slash
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Monster Hunter: World 2018	Est. copies ≈ 15.8M–25.6M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $129.9M–$349.3M after Steam's cut $236.2M–$537.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	518k reviews Very Positive	Co-opMultiplayer