How much revenue did MADNESS: Project Nexus make?

$3.0M–$7.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MADNESS: Project Nexus sell?

Q: How many copies did MADNESS: Project Nexus sell?

430k to 699k copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 430k–699k; $3.0M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.2M before the cut; from 17k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 MADNESS: Project Nexus out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MADNESS: Project Nexus's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.3M–10.7M

best case 29.9M (Dying Light)

The Third Person genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 6.3M–10.7M copies

≈ $73.7M–$289.1M after Steam's cut

from ~201k reviews

Best case

≈ 22.8M–37.1M copies

Dying Light · ≈ $156.7M–$421.4M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Third Person (5 of 8) and Open World (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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