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How many copies did 1953 - KGB Unleashed sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 41k–67k
$34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$140k before Steam's cut
from 651 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 1953 - KGB Unleashed and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 1953 - KGB Unleashed's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18.2M–36.6M
best case 88.0M (Left 4 Dead 2)
Games like 1953 - KGB Unleashed

A typical game among these

≈ 18.2M–36.6M copies

≈ $201.9M–$345.2M after Steam's cut

from ~597k 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: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 67.0M–108.9M copies, ≈ $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Horror (6 of 8) and Survival (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2009 to 2023, 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).

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≈ 39.0M–63.3M
1.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
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Subnautica
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≈ 11.6M–18.8M
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1.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 50M–100M
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$9.99
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ZombiesCo-op
The Forest
2018
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≈ 20.8M–33.7M
SteamSpy 20M–50M
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SteamSpy 10M–20M
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$19.99
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Dying Light
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$24.99
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Est. copies
≈ 12.7M–20.6M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
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$9.99
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Est. copies
≈ 14.3M–23.2M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$196.4M–$527.9M after Steam's cut $357.0M–$812.2M before Steam's cut
$49.99
470k reviews
Mostly Positive
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