How much revenue did Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 make?

$4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 sell?

365k to 593k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 365k–593k; $4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut $7.3M–$16.6M before Steam's cut; from 7k 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 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 862k–2.9M

best case 5.0M (Resident Evil Village)

Games like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

A typical game among these

≈ 862k–2.9M copies

≈ $9.5M–$56.3M after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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 Village at ≈ 3.8M–6.2M copies, ≈ $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 42k reviews in their first month; the range was 3k to 92k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Vampire (5 of 8) and Co-op (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival Horror + Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Vampyr 2018	Est. copies ≈ 772k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.5M–$22.8M after Steam's cut $15.4M–$35.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	25k reviews Mostly Positive	VampireRPG
V Rising 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $32.8M–$88.2M after Steam's cut $59.6M–$135.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	137k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2007	Est. copies ≈ 973k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.4M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Very Positive	RPGVampire
Resident Evil Village 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M 7.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	155k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Horror
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 660k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.6M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
CODE VEIN 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.8M–$80.0M after Steam's cut $54.1M–$123.1M before Steam's cut	$59.99	63k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAnime
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 2013	Est. copies ≈ 648k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.2M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	RPGHack and Slash
Evil West 2022	Est. copies ≈ 339k–551k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	WesternBeat 'em up