How much revenue did METAL GEAR SURVIVE make?

$1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did METAL GEAR SURVIVE sell?

Q: How many copies did METAL GEAR SURVIVE sell?

173k to 281k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 173k–281k; $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before the cut; from 6k reviews (Mixed)

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 METAL GEAR SURVIVE out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including METAL GEAR SURVIVE's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.7M–26.2M

best case 123.4M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

The First-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

≈ 9.7M–26.2M copies

≈ $77.2M–$173.6M after Steam's cut

from ~289k reviews

Best case

≈ 94.0M–152.8M copies

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (4 of 8) and Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter, priced around $20.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2018. 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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