How much revenue did Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition make?

Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition sell?

252k to 410k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 252k–410k; from 4k reviews (Mixed)

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 Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–6.5M

best case 6.5M (Devil May Cry 5)

Games like Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–6.5M copies

≈ $13.2M–$75.2M after Steam's cut

from ~63k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Devil May Cry 5 at ≈ 4.9M–8.0M copies, ≈ $40.6M–$109.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hack and Slash (4 of 4) and Character Action Game (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hack and Slash + Character Action Game, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.1M–$110.6M after Steam's cut $74.8M–$170.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackHack and Slash
Devil May Cry 5 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $40.6M–$109.2M after Steam's cut $73.9M–$168.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	171k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Devil May Cry HD Collection 2018	Est. copies ≈ 785k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.4M after Steam's cut $11.8M–$26.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	26k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Hi-Fi RUSH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 893k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.8M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmAction