How much revenue did Ravenfield make?

$13.6M–$36.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ravenfield sell?

Q: How many copies did Ravenfield sell?

2.8M to 4.5M copies, based on its 80k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.8M–4.5M; $13.6M–$36.7M after Steam's cut $24.8M–$56.4M before Steam's cut; from 80k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Ravenfield and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ravenfield's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.6M–18.2M

best case 99.7M (Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege)

Games like Ravenfield

A typical game among these

≈ 8.6M–18.2M copies

≈ $107.4M–$198.5M after Steam's cut

from ~257k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege at ≈ 76.0M–123.4M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 57k reviews in their first month; the range was 8k to 165k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (6 of 8) and FPS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Tactical, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2004 to 2022, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 2015	Est. copies ≈ 76.0M–123.4M 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	1.6M reviews Very Positive	FPSPvP
Battlefield™ V 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $92.2M–$247.8M after Steam's cut $167.6M–$381.2M before Steam's cut	$49.99	270k reviews Mostly Positive	FPSMultiplayer
Squad 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.0M–9.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $66.5M–$178.7M after Steam's cut $120.8M–$274.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	244k reviews Very Positive	MilitaryRealistic
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49.7M–80.7M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	786k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
Counter-Strike: Source 2004	Est. copies ≈ 12.2M–19.9M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $33.6M–$90.3M after Steam's cut $61.0M–$138.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	193k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ShooterFPS
Call of Duty® 2022	Est. copies ≈ 19.4M–31.5M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	782k reviews Mixed	FPSMultiplayer
Arma 3 2013	Est. copies ≈ 18.7M–30.4M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $154.1M–$414.3M after Steam's cut $280.2M–$637.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	296k reviews Very Positive	MilitaryAction