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How many copies did Silent North sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3k–4k
$15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$62k before Steam's cut
from 110 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 Silent North and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Silent North's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 32.5M–106.2M
best case 820.1M (Counter-Strike 2)
Games like Silent North

A typical game among these

≈ 32.5M–106.2M copies

≈ $247.0M–$308.7M after Steam's cut

from ~1.1M 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: Counter-Strike 2 at ≈ 624.8M–1015.3M copies.

The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share FPS (8 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with FPS + Shooter.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2009 to 2022, and none of them 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

Counter-Strike 2
2012
Est. copies
≈ 624.8M–1015.3M
9.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 100M–200M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
9.9M reviews
Very Positive
FPSShooter
PAYDAY 2
2013
Est. copies
≈ 42.7M–69.3M
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
$117.2M–$315.1M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.7M before Steam's cut
$9.99
675k reviews
Very Positive
Co-opAction
Left 4 Dead 2
2009
Est. copies
≈ 67.0M–108.9M
SteamSpy 50M–100M
Est. revenue
$184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut $334.7M–$761.6M before Steam's cut
$9.99
1.1M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ZombiesCo-op
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
2017
Est. copies
≈ 95.8M–155.7M
2.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 100M–200M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
2.8M reviews
Mixed
SurvivalShooter
Call of Duty®
2022
Est. copies
≈ 19.4M–31.5M
SteamSpy 50M–100M
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Free
Free
782k reviews
Mixed
FPSMultiplayer
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Est. copies
≈ 76.0M–123.4M
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
1.6M reviews
Very Positive
FPSPvP
Destiny 2
2019
Est. copies
≈ 19.1M–31.0M
SteamSpy 20M–50M
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Free
Free
663k reviews
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Apex Legends™
2020
Est. copies
≈ 26.6M–43.2M
SteamSpy 100M–200M
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Free
Free
1.1M reviews
Mixed
Free to PlayBattle Royale

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