How much revenue did WWE 2K16 make?

WWE 2K16 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did WWE 2K16 sell?

Q: How many copies did WWE 2K16 sell?

116k to 188k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 116k–188k; from 3k reviews (Mixed)

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 WWE 2K16 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WWE 2K16's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 150k–251k

best case 323k (WWE 2K22)

Games like WWE 2K16

A typical game among these

≈ 150k–251k copies

≈ $2.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: WWE 2K22 at ≈ 246k–400k copies.

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 1k to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Sports.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, 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 43 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
WWE 2K20 2019	Est. copies ≈ 168k–273k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
WWE 2K25 2025	Est. copies ≈ 165k–269k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before Steam's cut	$59.99	7k reviews Mixed	SimulationSports
WWE 2K18 2017	Est. copies ≈ 74k–120k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
WWE 2K23 2023	Est. copies ≈ 189k–307k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
WWE 2K19 2018	Est. copies ≈ 113k–184k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsWrestling
WWE 2K24 2024	Est. copies ≈ 197k–320k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
WWE 2K22 2022	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationSports
Fire Pro Wrestling World 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $950k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSports