How much revenue did FINAL FANTASY XIV Online make?

$24.3M–$65.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FINAL FANTASY XIV Online sell?

Q: How many copies did FINAL FANTASY XIV Online sell?

4.4M to 7.2M copies, based on its 85k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.4M–7.2M; $24.3M–$65.4M after Steam's cut $44.2M–$100.6M before the cut; from 85k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left FINAL FANTASY XIV Online out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including FINAL FANTASY XIV Online's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.3M–21.1M

best case 34.9M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

The MMORPG genre

All 3 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 7.3M–21.1M copies

≈ $92.6M–$165.7M after Steam's cut

from ~161k reviews

Best case

≈ 26.6M–43.2M copies

ARK: Survival Evolved · ≈ $109.6M–$294.7M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on MMORPG (2 of 3) and Open World (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $15.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2017. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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SMITE® 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	120k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMOBA
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.6M–43.2M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $109.6M–$294.7M after Steam's cut $199.3M–$453.4M before the cut	$14.99	773k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
The Elder Scrolls® Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $30.4M–$81.8M after Steam's cut $55.3M–$125.9M before the cut	$19.99	161k reviews Very Positive	RPGMMORPG