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How many copies did Marvel's Spider-Man 2 sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 1.2M–1.9M
$19.7M–$52.9M after Steam's cut $35.7M–$81.3M before Steam's cut
from 48k 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 Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Marvel's Spider-Man 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.9M–5.7M
best case 4.7M (Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered)
Games like Marvel's Spider-Man 2

A typical game among these

≈ 3.9M–5.7M copies

≈ $40.1M–$64.5M after Steam's cut

from ~72k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered at ≈ 3.6M–5.8M copies, ≈ $59.0M–$158.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Superhero (4 of 4) and Open World (3 of 4).
The winners
Winners here lead with Open World + Superhero, priced around $60.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2013 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

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
2022
Est. copies
≈ 3.6M–5.8M
2.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$59.0M–$158.6M after Steam's cut $107.3M–$244.0M before Steam's cut
$59.99
144k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Open WorldSuperhero
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
2021
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.8M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$18.6M–$50.0M after Steam's cut $33.8M–$77.0M before Steam's cut
$59.99
45k reviews
Very Positive
SingleplayerStory Rich
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
2013
Est. copies
≈ 4.9M–8.0M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$27.0M–$72.5M after Steam's cut $49.0M–$111.5M before Steam's cut
$19.99
78k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAction
Batman™: Arkham Origins
2013
Est. copies
≈ 4.1M–6.7M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$22.8M–$61.3M after Steam's cut $41.5M–$94.3M before Steam's cut
$19.99
66k reviews
Very Positive
ActionOpen World

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