How much revenue did Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition make?

$12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition sell?

753k to 1.2M copies, based on its 30k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 753k–1.2M; $12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.4M before the cut; from 30k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17.7M–30.7M

best case 56.6M (Stardew Valley)

Games like Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

The middle of these games

≈ 17.7M–30.7M copies

≈ $167.6M–$320.0M after Steam's cut

from ~434k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Exploration (3 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.2M–70.1M copies, ≈ $177.9M–$478.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (3 of 8) and Open World (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $15.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 61 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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Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.2M–70.1M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $177.9M–$478.3M after Steam's cut $323.4M–$735.8M before the cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.6M–25.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $172.0M–$462.5M after Steam's cut $312.8M–$711.6M before the cut	$39.99	376k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldRPG
Fallout 4 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.9M–34.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $115.0M–$309.3M after Steam's cut $209.1M–$475.8M before the cut	$19.99	429k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldPost-apocalyptic
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $87.6M–$235.4M after Steam's cut $159.2M–$362.2M before the cut	$44.99	206k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
Battlefield™ V 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $92.0M–$247.3M after Steam's cut $167.2M–$380.5M before the cut	$49.99	270k reviews Mostly Positive	FPSMultiplayer
DARK SOULS™ III 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18.3M–29.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $301.6M–$810.8M after Steam's cut $548.3M–$1247.4M before the cut	$59.99	439k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30.9M–50.1M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.3M–$113.8M after Steam's cut $77.0M–$175.1M before the cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities