How much revenue did DRAGON BALL FighterZ make?

$38.6M–$103.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DRAGON BALL FighterZ sell?

Q: How many copies did DRAGON BALL FighterZ sell?

2.3M to 3.8M copies, based on its 77k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.3M–3.8M; $38.6M–$103.7M after Steam's cut $70.1M–$159.5M before Steam's cut; from 77k 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 DRAGON BALL FighterZ and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DRAGON BALL FighterZ's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.3M–7.4M

best case 18.7M (Brawlhalla)

Games like DRAGON BALL FighterZ

A typical game among these

≈ 2.3M–7.4M copies

≈ $34.9M–$61.5M after Steam's cut

from ~93k 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: Brawlhalla at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 22k reviews in their first month; the range was 9k to 48k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fighting (6 of 8) and Anime (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fighting + 2D Fighter.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 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 52 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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DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$66.8M after Steam's cut $45.2M–$102.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	73k reviews Very Positive	AnimeAction
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GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.3M–$49.1M after Steam's cut $33.2M–$75.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	67k reviews Very Positive	Fighting2D Fighter
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NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.8M–$55.8M after Steam's cut $37.8M–$85.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	91k reviews Very Positive	AnimeFighting