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How many copies did Hitman: Blood Money sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 826k–1.3M
$2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.4M before the cut
from 16k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Hitman: Blood Money out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Hitman: Blood Money's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–6.0M
best case 13.3M (Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition)
The Open World genre

All 6 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game
≈ 2.9M–6.0M copies
≈ $44.5M–$58.9M after Steam's cut
from ~81k reviews
Best case
≈ 10.1M–16.5M copies
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition · ≈ $167.3M–$449.8M after Steam's cut
A breakout hit, far above a typical game.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 6) and Stealth (5 of 6).
The winners
Winners here lead with Third Person, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Souls-like + Difficult; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2019. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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