How much revenue did Dead State: Reanimated make?

$789k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead State: Reanimated sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead State: Reanimated sell?

144k to 233k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 144k–233k; $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Mostly 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 Dead State: Reanimated and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead State: Reanimated's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.1M–28.4M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like Dead State: Reanimated

A typical game among these

≈ 4.1M–28.4M copies

≈ $119.0M–$267.0M after Steam's cut

from ~311k 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: The Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 93k reviews in their first month; the range was 7k to 327k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (7 of 8) and Survival (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 2 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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Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.5M–49.6M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $209.9M–$564.4M after Steam's cut $381.6M–$868.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	483k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.2M–39.3M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $166.4M–$447.4M after Steam's cut $302.5M–$688.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	496k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
SCUM 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.0M–$104.9M after Steam's cut $70.9M–$161.4M before Steam's cut	$44.99	127k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $90.1M–$242.1M after Steam's cut $163.7M–$372.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	220k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCo-op
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut $223.8M–$509.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	401k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	70k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Clicker Heroes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	62k reviews Very Positive	ClickerIdler