How much revenue did S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition make?

$1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition sell?

217k to 353k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 217k–353k; $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut; from 9k reviews (Mixed)

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 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.1M–16.2M

best case 105.1M (Garry's Mod)

Games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl - Enhanced Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 5.1M–16.2M copies

≈ $62.8M–$184.6M after Steam's cut

from ~165k 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: Garry's Mod at ≈ 80.0M–130.1M copies, ≈ $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 40k reviews in their first month; the range was 14k to 88k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (6 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + Moddable, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $57.8M–$155.4M after Steam's cut $105.1M–$239.2M before Steam's cut	$59.99	141k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldFPS
Metro Exodus 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$74.9M after Steam's cut $50.7M–$115.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	136k reviews Very Positive	Post-apocalypticFPS
Fallout 4 2015	Est. copies ≈ 21.0M–34.1M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $115.2M–$309.7M after Steam's cut $209.4M–$476.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	429k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldPost-apocalyptic
Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 80.0M–130.1M 7.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.9M–$591.3M after Steam's cut $399.8M–$909.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable
Insurgency: Sandstorm 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $33.4M–$89.9M after Steam's cut $60.8M–$138.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	133k reviews Very Positive	FPSRealistic
Far Cry® 5 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $95.1M–$255.6M after Steam's cut $172.9M–$393.3M before Steam's cut	$59.99	190k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction-Adventure
Far Cry® 4 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.3M–$92.1M after Steam's cut $62.3M–$141.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	74k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Deep Rock Galactic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $77.8M–$209.2M after Steam's cut $141.5M–$321.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	380k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DwarfCo-op