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?

274k to 446k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 274k–446k; $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before the cut; from 8k 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 Vanquish out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vanquish's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.1M–30.0M

best case 37.8M (HELLDIVERS™ 2)

Games like Vanquish

The middle of these games

≈ 7.1M–30.0M copies

≈ $69.5M–$201.5M after Steam's cut

from ~289k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: HELLDIVERS™ 2 at ≈ 28.8M–46.8M copies, ≈ $316.7M–$851.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

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

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 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.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 2 of your 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 ≈ 28.8M–46.8M 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $316.7M–$851.6M after Steam's cut $575.9M–$1310.1M before the cut	$39.99	1.2M reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpPvE
Warframe 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.4M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	676k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAction RPG
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.2M–$81.3M after Steam's cut $54.9M–$125.0M before the cut	$19.99	98k 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 ≈ 8.7M–14.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $60.1M–$161.5M after Steam's cut $109.2M–$248.5M before the cut	$24.99	352k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $92.0M–$247.2M after Steam's cut $167.2M–$380.3M before the cut	$59.99	225k reviews Very Positive	Warhammer 40KAction
Fallout 4 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.9M–34.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $115.0M–$309.3M after Steam's cut $209.1M–$475.8M before the 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 $28.9M–$77.8M after Steam's cut $52.6M–$119.7M before the cut	$19.99	108k reviews Very Positive	StealthOpen World