How much revenue did Borderlands 2 make?

$89.1M–$239.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Borderlands 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Borderlands 2 sell?

16.2M to 26.3M copies, based on its 312k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 16.2M–26.3M; $89.1M–$239.5M after Steam's cut $162.0M–$368.5M before the cut; from 312k 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 Borderlands 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Borderlands 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.4M–16.1M

best case 36.7M (Apex Legends™)

The FPS 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

≈ 4.4M–16.1M copies

≈ $27.2M–$131.2M after Steam's cut

from ~257k reviews

Best case

≈ 27.9M–45.4M copies

Apex Legends™

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (5 of 8) and Co-op (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Battle Royale + FPS, priced around $25.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2021. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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

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