How much revenue did Strange Brigade make?

$4.7M–$12.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Strange Brigade sell?

Q: How many copies did Strange Brigade sell?

345k to 561k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 345k–561k; $4.7M–$12.8M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut; from 11k 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 Strange Brigade and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Strange Brigade's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.7M–6.3M

best case 8.5M (Resident Evil 2)

Games like Strange Brigade

A typical game among these

≈ 3.7M–6.3M copies

≈ $25.4M–$58.0M after Steam's cut

from ~71k 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: Resident Evil 2 at ≈ 6.5M–10.5M copies, ≈ $70.9M–$190.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 3k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Zombies (7 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2022, 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
Resident Evil 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.6M–$93.1M after Steam's cut $62.9M–$143.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	127k reviews Very Positive	ActionZombies
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
Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$27.9M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$42.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	51k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesHero Shooter
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	70k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's cut $55.2M–$125.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	99k reviews Very Positive	Inventory ManagementSurvival Horror
Resident Evil 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.5M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $70.9M–$190.7M after Steam's cut $129.0M–$293.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	224k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Resident Evil 5 2009	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $23.7M–$63.8M after Steam's cut $43.1M–$98.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	68k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
Resident Evil 6 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.2M after Steam's cut $45.4M–$103.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	72k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesAction