How much revenue did Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition make?

$13.6M–$36.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition sell?

9.9M to 16.1M copies, based on its 156k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9.9M–16.1M; $13.6M–$36.5M after Steam's cut $24.7M–$56.1M before Steam's cut; from 156k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 215k–947k

best case 13.1M (7 Days to Die)

Games like Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 215k–947k copies

≈ $1.3M–$11.0M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: 7 Days to Die at ≈ 9.9M–16.2M copies, ≈ $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 319 to 327k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Zombies (6 of 8) and Base-Building (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $45.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 2 of the 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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They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.2M 44x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut $223.8M–$509.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	401k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
METAL GEAR SURVIVE 2018	Est. copies ≈ 174k–282k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Mixed	SurvivalAction
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) 2012	Est. copies ≈ 222k–361k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $916k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseFemale Protagonist
Necrosmith 2022	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $109k–$294k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction Roguelike
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 468k–760k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Mostly Positive	MultiplayerThird-Person Shooter
Diplomacy is Not an Option 2024	Est. copies ≈ 315k–512k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Real-Time with PauseResource Management
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