How much revenue did Zombie Army 4: Dead War make?

$4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zombie Army 4: Dead War sell?

Q: How many copies did Zombie Army 4: Dead War sell?

302k to 491k copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 302k–491k; $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.2M before Steam's cut; from 12k 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 Zombie Army 4: Dead War and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zombie Army 4: Dead War's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15.9M–24.9M

best case 88.0M (Left 4 Dead 2)

Games like Zombie Army 4: Dead War

A typical game among these

≈ 15.9M–24.9M copies

≈ $93.6M–$348.0M after Steam's cut

from ~375k 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: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 67.0M–108.9M copies, ≈ $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (5 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $7. The breakout hits carry Mature + Utilities + Anime; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2004 to 2018, 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 38 for the most recent game here to about 79 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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