How much revenue did FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION make?

$17.0M–$45.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION sell?

Q: How many copies did FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION sell?

1.8M to 2.9M copies, based on its 58k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.8M–2.9M; $17.0M–$45.8M after Steam's cut $31.0M–$70.5M before Steam's cut; from 58k 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 FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.4M–6.1M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION

A typical game among these

≈ 3.4M–6.1M copies

≈ $48.7M–$63.9M after Steam's cut

from ~82k 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: The Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (6 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Adventure + Open World Survival Craft + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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FINAL FANTASY XIV Online 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.4M–$71.0M after Steam's cut $48.0M–$109.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	86k reviews Very Positive	MMORPGRPG
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 8.4x 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
NieR:Automata™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut $105.8M–$240.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	154k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Yakuza 0 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	78k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichAction
Monster Hunter: World 2018	Est. copies ≈ 15.8M–25.6M 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $129.9M–$349.3M after Steam's cut $236.2M–$537.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	518k reviews Very Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
MONSTER HUNTER RISE 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $34.6M–$93.1M after Steam's cut $63.0M–$143.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	127k reviews Very Positive	ActionHunting
South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.0M–$91.4M after Steam's cut $61.8M–$140.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	74k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGComedy
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