How much revenue did Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition make?

$7.6M–$20.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition sell?

1.1M to 1.8M copies, based on its 23k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.1M–1.8M; $7.6M–$20.4M after Steam's cut $13.8M–$31.4M before Steam's cut; from 23k 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 Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–1.5M

best case 6.5M (Devil May Cry 5)

Games like Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–1.5M copies

≈ $11.4M–$21.5M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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: Devil May Cry 5 at ≈ 4.9M–8.0M copies, ≈ $40.6M–$109.2M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hack and Slash (8 of 8) and Spectacle fighter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hack and Slash, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Character Action Game; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
DmC: Devil May Cry 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.3M–$46.4M after Steam's cut $31.4M–$71.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... 2021	Est. copies ≈ 707k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.3M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before Steam's cut	$59.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Hi-Fi RUSH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 893k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.8M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmAction
NieR:Automata™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut $105.8M–$240.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	154k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
ICEY 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before Steam's cut	$10.99	28k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
Devil May Cry 5 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $40.6M–$109.2M after Steam's cut $73.9M–$168.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	171k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Bayonetta 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.1M–$110.6M after Steam's cut $74.8M–$170.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackHack and Slash