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)

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 Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–6.5M

best case 6.4M (Devil May Cry 5)

Games like Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition

The middle of these games

≈ 1.1M–6.5M copies

≈ $13.1M–$74.9M after Steam's cut

from ~62k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Devil May Cry 5 at ≈ 4.9M–8.0M copies, ≈ $40.4M–$108.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 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.
The era: The games you compared 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 $41.0M–$110.3M after Steam's cut $74.6M–$169.8M before the 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 $40.4M–$108.7M after Steam's cut $73.5M–$167.3M before the cut	$29.99	170k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Devil May Cry HD Collection 2018	Est. copies ≈ 774k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.2M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.4M before the cut	$29.99	25k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Hi-Fi RUSH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 891k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.3M–$19.8M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.4M before the cut	$29.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmAction