How much revenue did Call of Duty®: WWII make?

$26.8M–$72.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Call of Duty®: WWII sell?

Q: How many copies did Call of Duty®: WWII sell?

1.6M to 2.6M copies, based on its 47k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.6M–2.6M; $26.8M–$72.0M after Steam's cut $48.7M–$110.7M before Steam's cut; from 47k reviews (Mostly 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 Call of Duty®: WWII and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Call of Duty®: WWII's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 916k–1.6M

best case 4.4M (Call of Duty: World at War)

Games like Call of Duty®: WWII

A typical game among these

≈ 916k–1.6M copies

≈ $7.5M–$16.3M after Steam's cut

from ~21k 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: Call of Duty: World at War at ≈ 3.4M–5.5M copies, ≈ $18.6M–$49.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share World War II (8 of 8) and Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + World War II, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2018, and none of them 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 38 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
Day of Defeat: Source 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	FPSWorld War II
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	24k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Call of Duty® 2 2006	Est. copies ≈ 734k–1.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut $7.3M–$16.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Very Positive	World War IIAction
Zombie Army Trilogy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 918k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.4M–$30.5M after Steam's cut $20.7M–$47.0M before Steam's cut	$44.99	19k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction
Call of Duty®: WWII 2017	Est. copies ≈ 316k–513k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.2M–$14.0M after Steam's cut $9.5M–$21.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	9k reviews Very Positive	World War IIFPS
CRSED: Cuisine Royale 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	39k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleFree to Play
Return to Castle Wolfenstein 2007	Est. copies ≈ 591k–960k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $811k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$4.99	9k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Call of Duty: World at War 2008	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.6M–$49.9M after Steam's cut $33.7M–$76.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	53k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesWorld War II