How much revenue did System Shock: Enhanced Edition make?

$318k–$854k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did System Shock: Enhanced Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did System Shock: Enhanced Edition sell?

116k to 188k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 116k–188k; $318k–$854k after Steam's cut $577k–$1.3M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 System Shock: Enhanced Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including System Shock: Enhanced Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 615k–1.8M

best case 2.3M (Deus Ex: Mankind Divided)

Games like System Shock: Enhanced Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 615k–1.8M copies

≈ $4.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut

from ~18k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $14.5M–$39.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cyberpunk (7 of 8) and FPS (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cyberpunk + Stealth, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2024, and 1 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition 2007	Est. copies ≈ 992k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$6.99	16k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkRPG
Shadows of Doubt 2024	Est. copies ≈ 442k–719k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	18k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveImmersive Sim
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	30k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkStealth
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.5M–$39.1M after Steam's cut $26.4M–$60.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	42k reviews Mostly Positive	CyberpunkStealth
Deus Ex: Invisible War 2007	Est. copies ≈ 159k–258k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $305k–$820k after Steam's cut $554k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$6.99	3k reviews Mixed	CyberpunkAction
Cruelty Squad 2021	Est. copies ≈ 621k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.2M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CapitalismSurreal
System Shock® 2 (1999) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 190–308 too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3 reviews 3 user reviews	CyberpunkRPG
System Shock® 2 (1999) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 496k–805k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkRPG