How much revenue did Yet Another Zombie Defense HD make?

$140k–$377k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Yet Another Zombie Defense HD sell?

Q: How many copies did Yet Another Zombie Defense HD sell?

128k to 208k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 128k–208k; $140k–$377k after Steam's cut $255k–$580k before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Yet Another Zombie Defense HD and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Yet Another Zombie Defense HD's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–42k

best case 156k (Ultimate Zombie Defense)

Games like Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–42k copies

≈ $16k–$160k after Steam's cut

from ~381 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Ultimate Zombie Defense at ≈ 119k–194k copies, ≈ $163k–$439k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 38 reviews in their first month; the range was 15 to 319.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Zombies (8 of 8) and Tower Defense (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Tower Defense, priced around $5.
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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Ultimate Zombie Defense 2020	Est. copies ≈ 119k–194k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $163k–$439k after Steam's cut $297k–$676k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual
Slaycation Paradise 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before Steam's cut	$14.99	193 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionShooter
Deadstone 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut	$7.99	70 reviews Very Positive	ActionRPG
Guns n Zombies 2014	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $120k–$324k after Steam's cut $219k–$498k before Steam's cut	$7.99	978 reviews Mixed	ActionZombies
Zombo Buster Advance 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before Steam's cut	$4.99	249 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
VERSUS SQUAD 2016	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $53k–$143k after Steam's cut $97k–$220k before Steam's cut	$7.99	583 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionGore
Zombie Builder Defense 2018	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	513 reviews Mixed	ActionZombies
Zombie Apocalypse - The Last Defense 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $128–$345 after Steam's cut $233–$531 before Steam's cut	$0.99	19 reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseZombies