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How many copies did Apex Defenders sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 124–202
$102–$275 after Steam's cut $185–$423 before Steam's cut
from 5 reviews (5 user reviews)
Only 5 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–13.5M
best case 88.0M (Left 4 Dead 2)
Games like Apex Defenders

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–13.5M copies

≈ $8k–$143.3M after Steam's cut

from ~83k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 67.0M–108.9M copies, ≈ $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 42k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Zombies (8 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 2 of the 8 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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Est. copies
≈ 3.8M–6.2M
1.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before Steam's cut
$39.99
155k reviews
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Call of Duty®: Black Ops III
2015
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≈ 11.4M–18.6M
2.8x vs typical
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Est. revenue
$188.7M–$507.3M after Steam's cut $343.1M–$780.5M before Steam's cut
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MultiplayerZombies
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2009
Est. copies
≈ 9.9M–16.1M
1.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$13.6M–$36.5M after Steam's cut $24.7M–$56.1M before Steam's cut
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156k reviews
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Tower DefenseZombies
Left 4 Dead 2
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Est. copies
≈ 67.0M–108.9M
13x vs typical
SteamSpy 50M–100M
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$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
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Est. copies
≈ 124–202
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$340–$918 after Steam's cut $619–$1k before Steam's cut
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Est. copies
≈ 25–40
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$112 before Steam's cut
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1 user reviews
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2024
Est. copies
≈ 295k–479k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut
$29.99
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2017
Est. copies
≈ 3k–5k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut
$5.99
97 reviews
Mostly Positive

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