How much revenue did Resident Evil 4 (2005) make?

$30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Resident Evil 4 (2005) sell?

Q: How many copies did Resident Evil 4 (2005) sell?

5.5M to 9.0M copies, based on its 99k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.5M–9.0M; $30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's cut $55.2M–$125.7M before Steam's cut; from 99k reviews (Very Positive)

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 Resident Evil 4 (2005) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Resident Evil 4 (2005)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 487k–1.3M

best case 4.0M (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl)

Games like Resident Evil 4 (2005)

A typical game among these

≈ 487k–1.3M copies

≈ $4.1M–$13.0M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl at ≈ 3.0M–4.9M copies, ≈ $16.7M–$45.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (6 of 8) and Survival Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Post-apocalyptic + Open World, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl 2007	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $16.7M–$45.0M after Steam's cut $30.4M–$69.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	48k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericPost-apocalyptic
Darkwood 2017	Est. copies ≈ 861k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
System Shock® 2 (1999) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 496k–805k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkRPG
The Beast Inside 2019	Est. copies ≈ 351k–570k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	12k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAdventure
Amnesia: The Bunker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 314k–511k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Dead Frontier 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 820k–1.3M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	28k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayMultiplayer
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky 2008	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.1M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	23k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAtmospheric
SCP: 5K 2022	Est. copies ≈ 378k–615k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessStrategy