How much revenue did Left 4 Dead 2 make?

$149.6M–$402.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Left 4 Dead 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Left 4 Dead 2 sell?

54.5M to 88.5M copies, based on its 1.0M Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 54.5M–88.5M; $149.6M–$402.3M after Steam's cut $272.1M–$618.9M before the cut; from 1.0M 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 Left 4 Dead 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Left 4 Dead 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10.1M–12.2M

best case 25.5M (Unturned)

The Open World genre

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

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

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

A typical game

≈ 10.1M–12.2M copies

≈ $84.4M–$172.2M after Steam's cut

from ~226k reviews

Best case

≈ 19.4M–31.5M copies

Unturned

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 8) and Zombies (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Survival + Zombies + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

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

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