How much revenue did Sniper Elite make?

$588k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sniper Elite sell?

Q: How many copies did Sniper Elite sell?

268k to 435k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 268k–435k; $588k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut; from 4k reviews (Mostly 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 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sniper Elite's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 120k–1.3M

best case 2.9M (Sniper Elite 4)

Games like Sniper Elite

A typical game among these

≈ 120k–1.3M copies

≈ $312k–$21.8M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sniper Elite 4 at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies, ≈ $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share World War II (7 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sniper + Shooter, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 2 of the 7 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 70 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
Deadly Dozen Reloaded 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$12.99	59 reviews Mixed	ActionFPS
UberSoldier 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$42k before Steam's cut	$4.99	297 reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Sniper Elite V2 unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 632k–1.0M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Sniper Elite 5 2022	Est. copies ≈ 765k–1.2M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	31k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerSniper
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
Sniper Elite 4 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut $65.4M–$148.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	63k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Sniper Elite 3 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 1.8x 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: Resistance 2025	Est. copies ≈ 155k–252k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure