How much revenue did Sniper Elite 4 make?

$35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sniper Elite 4 sell?

Q: How many copies did Sniper Elite 4 sell?

2.2M to 3.5M copies, based on its 63k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.2M–3.5M; $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut $65.4M–$148.7M before Steam's cut; from 63k 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 Sniper Elite 4 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sniper Elite 4's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 148k–845k

best case 2.1M (Sniper Elite 3)

Games like Sniper Elite 4

A typical game among these

≈ 148k–845k copies

≈ $780k–$4.6M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Sniper Elite 3 at ≈ 1.6M–2.6M copies, ≈ $13.2M–$35.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (7 of 8) and Sniper (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sniper + Stealth, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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).

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H-SNIPER: World War II 2020	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$0.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionSimulation
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2010	Est. copies ≈ 557k–905k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before Steam's cut	$7.99	9k reviews Mixed	ActionSniper
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 677k–1.1M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Mixed	SniperOpen World
Sniper Elite 3 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.4M after Steam's cut $23.9M–$54.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	28k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Sniper Elite V2 unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 632k–1.0M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Sniper Elite V2 Remastered 2019	Est. copies ≈ 119k–194k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $328k–$882k after Steam's cut $596k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	SniperAction
Tactical Assault VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 94k–153k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $518k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $941k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	TacticalVR
Sniper Elite 2009	Est. copies ≈ 268k–435k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $588k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$7.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionSniper