How much revenue did Dead Space™ 2 make?

$10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Space™ 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Space™ 2 sell?

1.9M to 3.1M copies, based on its 30k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.9M–3.1M; $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$43.1M before Steam's cut; from 30k 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 Space™ 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Space™ 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.7M–5.5M

best case 9.1M (Resident Evil 4)

Games like Dead Space™ 2

A typical game among these

≈ 3.7M–5.5M copies

≈ $49.9M–$61.4M after Steam's cut

from ~99k 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: Resident Evil 4 at ≈ 7.0M–11.3M copies, ≈ $76.4M–$205.5M 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 26k reviews in their first month; the range was 12k to 68k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (7 of 8) and Zombies (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Survival + Survival Horror + Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2023, 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Alan Wake 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.7M–$42.1M after Steam's cut $28.5M–$64.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	60k reviews Very Positive	ActionHorror
The Last of Us™ Part I 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $45.1M–$121.3M after Steam's cut $82.0M–$186.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	110k reviews Very Positive	Story RichPost-apocalyptic
Days Gone 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M 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
Resident Evil 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.6M–$93.1M after Steam's cut $62.9M–$143.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	127k reviews Very Positive	ActionZombies
Resident Evil 6 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.2M after Steam's cut $45.4M–$103.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	72k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesAction
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
Resident Evil 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut $139.0M–$316.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction
Dead Space 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $29.2M–$78.4M after Steam's cut $53.0M–$120.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	71k reviews Very Positive	HorrorThird-Person Shooter