How much revenue did The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt make?

$448.1M–$1204.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sell?

Q: How many copies did The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sell?

40.7M to 66.2M copies, based on its 878k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 40.7M–66.2M; $448.1M–$1204.8M after Steam's cut $814.7M–$1853.5M before the cut; from 878k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 35.4M–73.9M

best case 126.0M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)

The Open World genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 35.4M–73.9M copies

≈ $448.3M–$803.6M after Steam's cut

from ~1.1M reviews

Best case

≈ 96.0M–156.0M copies

Grand Theft Auto V Legacy

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (4 of 8) and Story Rich (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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