How much revenue did Resident Evil Revelations 2 make?

$8.6M–$23.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Resident Evil Revelations 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Resident Evil Revelations 2 sell?

1.6M to 2.5M copies, based on its 32k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.6M–2.5M; $8.6M–$23.2M after Steam's cut $15.7M–$35.7M before the cut; from 32k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Resident Evil Revelations 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Resident Evil Revelations 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17.3M–33.9M

best case 87.7M (Left 4 Dead 2)

Games like Resident Evil Revelations 2

The middle of these games

≈ 17.3M–33.9M copies

≈ $91.4M–$322.4M after Steam's cut

from ~482k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 66.8M–108.6M copies, ≈ $183.6M–$493.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (5 of 8) and Zombies (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2004 to 2024, and 1 of your 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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Half-Life 2 2004	Est. copies ≈ 17.6M–28.7M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $48.5M–$130.3M after Steam's cut $88.1M–$200.5M before the cut	$9.99	279k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $122.7M–$330.0M after Steam's cut $223.1M–$507.7M before the cut	$44.99	400k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
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Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 66.8M–108.6M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $183.6M–$493.6M after Steam's cut $333.8M–$759.4M before the cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
DOOM 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.7M–$136.2M after Steam's cut $92.1M–$209.6M before the cut	$19.99	222k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSGore