How much revenue did Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days make?

$1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days sell?

Q: How many copies did Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days sell?

619k to 1.0M copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 619k–1.0M; $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut; from 10k 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 Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–6.2M

best case 133.2M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)

Games like Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

A typical game among these

≈ 1.0M–6.2M copies

≈ $7.0M–$51.5M after Steam's cut

from ~70k 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: Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at ≈ 101.5M–164.9M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (7 of 8) and Crime (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime. The breakout hits carry First-Person + Mature + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
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
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 101.5M–164.9M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.1M reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.2M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	204k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Saints Row 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	22k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldAction
Saints Row 2023	Est. copies ≈ 221k–358k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	9k reviews Mixed	Open WorldCharacter Customization
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$75.1M after Steam's cut $50.8M–$115.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	205k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men™ 2007	Est. copies ≈ 217k–353k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mixed	ActionCrime
Saints Row: The Third 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	70k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldAction
Watch_Dogs® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $59.1M–$158.9M after Steam's cut $107.5M–$244.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	103k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldHacking