How much revenue did DEAD RISING® make?

$833k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DEAD RISING® sell?

Q: How many copies did DEAD RISING® sell?

303k to 493k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 303k–493k; $833k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut; from 7k 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 DEAD RISING® and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DEAD RISING®'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–1.7M

best case 4.1M (SCUM)

Games like DEAD RISING®

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–1.7M copies

≈ $22.8M–$25.1M after Steam's cut

from ~35k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: SCUM at ≈ 3.2M–5.1M copies, ≈ $39.0M–$104.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 12k reviews in their first month; the range was 7k to 114k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (8 of 8) and Survival (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Zombies + Co-op + Post-apocalyptic; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2025, 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).

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Saints Row: The Third 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	70k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldAction
The Evil Within 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.6M after Steam's cut $21.4M–$48.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	31k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Days Gone 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $32.0M–$86.0M after Steam's cut $58.2M–$132.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldZombies
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	70k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
SCUM 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.0M–$104.9M after Steam's cut $70.9M–$161.4M before Steam's cut	$44.99	127k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Far Cry® Primal 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.2M after Steam's cut $25.9M–$58.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	41k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
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