How much revenue did Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus make?

$18.8M–$50.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus sell?

Q: How many copies did Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus sell?

1.7M to 2.8M copies, based on its 50k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.7M–2.8M; $18.8M–$50.5M after Steam's cut $34.2M–$77.7M before Steam's cut; from 50k 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 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 576k–2.3M

best case 12.1M (BioShock Infinite)

Games like Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

A typical game among these

≈ 576k–2.3M copies

≈ $3.9M–$17.7M after Steam's cut

from ~15k 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: BioShock Infinite at ≈ 9.2M–15.0M copies, ≈ $76.0M–$204.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (8 of 8) and Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Story Rich, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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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Return to Castle Wolfenstein 2007	Est. copies ≈ 591k–960k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $811k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$4.99	9k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	24k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Homefront 2011	Est. copies ≈ 850k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Mixed	ActionFPS
BioShock Infinite 2013	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 9.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $76.0M–$204.4M after Steam's cut $138.2M–$314.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	146k reviews Very Positive	FPS Story Rich
Singularity™ 2010	Est. copies ≈ 377k–612k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
HROT 2023	Est. copies ≈ 162k–263k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $891k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RetroFPS
Wolfenstein: Youngblood 2019	Est. copies ≈ 460k–747k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Mixed	ActionCo-op
Wolfenstein: The New Order 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.2M–$51.7M after Steam's cut $34.9M–$79.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	62k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction