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

$11.7M–$31.6M 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?

711k 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: ≈ 711k–1.2M; $11.7M–$31.6M after Steam's cut $21.3M–$48.5M 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) 16.9M–30.3M

best case 53.8M (Stardew Valley)

The Exploration genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 16.9M–30.3M copies

≈ $174.8M–$303.7M after Steam's cut

from ~432k reviews

Best case

≈ 41.0M–66.6M copies

Stardew Valley · ≈ $169.0M–$454.3M 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.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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