How much revenue did Vanquish make?

$1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Vanquish sell?

Q: How many copies did Vanquish sell?

275k to 447k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 275k–447k; $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 Vanquish and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vanquish's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.2M–30.1M

best case 37.9M (HELLDIVERS™ 2)

Games like Vanquish

A typical game among these

≈ 7.2M–30.1M copies

≈ $69.8M–$202.2M after Steam's cut

from ~290k 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: HELLDIVERS™ 2 at ≈ 28.9M–46.9M copies, ≈ $317.6M–$854.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 103k reviews in their first month; the range was 98k to 251k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Third-Person Shooter (5 of 8) and Co-op (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third-Person Shooter + Shooter, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, 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 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
HELLDIVERS™ 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 28.9M–46.9M 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $317.6M–$854.0M after Steam's cut $577.5M–$1313.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1.2M reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpPvE
Warframe 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.9M–69.7M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	678k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAction RPG
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's cut $55.2M–$125.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	99k reviews Very Positive	Inventory ManagementSurvival Horror
Robocraft 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	117k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayRobots
Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut $109.5M–$249.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	353k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $93.0M–$250.0M after Steam's cut $169.0M–$384.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	227k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KAction
Fallout 4 2015	Est. copies ≈ 21.0M–34.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $115.2M–$309.7M after Steam's cut $209.4M–$476.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	429k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldPost-apocalyptic
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.1M–$78.2M after Steam's cut $52.9M–$120.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	108k reviews Very Positive	StealthOpen World