How much revenue did Wasteland 2: Director's Cut make?

$3.7M–$10.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wasteland 2: Director's Cut sell?

Q: How many copies did Wasteland 2: Director's Cut sell?

454k to 738k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 454k–738k; $3.7M–$10.1M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.5M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 Wasteland 2: Director's Cut and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wasteland 2: Director's Cut's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 589k–1.3M

best case 6.0M (XCOM® 2)

Games like Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

A typical game among these

≈ 589k–1.3M copies

≈ $5.0M–$9.9M after Steam's cut

from ~21k 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: XCOM® 2 at ≈ 4.6M–7.4M copies, ≈ $25.1M–$67.5M 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 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 55 to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based (6 of 8) and Turn-Based Combat (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Isometric + Turn-Based Combat, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry PvE + Top-Down + Military; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
XCOM® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.1M–$67.5M after Steam's cut $45.6M–$103.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	110k reviews Very Positive	IsometricTurn-Based Combat
The Last Spell 2023	Est. copies ≈ 341k–555k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	14k reviews Very Positive	StrategySingleplayer
Caves of Qud 2024	Est. copies ≈ 316k–514k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Procedural GenerationTurn-Based Combat
Wasteland 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 557k–904k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	22k reviews Very Positive	CRPGCharacter Customization
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden 2018	Est. copies ≈ 625k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	21k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	18k reviews Very Positive	RPGPost-apocalyptic
POLYGON 2020	Est. copies ≈ 918k–1.5M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayFPS
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	25k reviews Very Positive	RPGPost-apocalyptic