How much revenue did Watch_Dogs™ make?

$16.1M–$43.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Watch_Dogs™ sell?

Q: How many copies did Watch_Dogs™ sell?

2.9M to 4.8M copies, based on its 52k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.9M–4.8M; $16.1M–$43.4M after Steam's cut $29.4M–$66.8M before the cut; from 52k reviews (Mostly 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 Watch_Dogs™ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Watch_Dogs™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–56.9M

best case 133.0M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)

Games like Watch_Dogs™

The middle of these games

≈ 3.1M–56.9M copies

≈ $58.4M–$602.8M after Steam's cut

from ~102k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at ≈ 101.4M–164.7M copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 25 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 2k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (8 of 8) and Hacking (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 1 of your 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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APB Reloaded 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	38k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayOpen World
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 43.3M–70.4M 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $595.5M–$1601.0M after Steam's cut $1082.7M–$2463.1M before the cut	$49.99	888k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldRPG
Watch_Dogs® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut $105.9M–$240.8M before the cut	$49.99	102k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldHacking
Lilith Odyssey 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before the cut	$19.99	65 reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAdventure
Beyond the Fringe 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $138–$368 after Steam's cut $250–$566 before the cut	$9.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	SingleplayerExploration
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