How much revenue did Half-Life make?

$23.2M–$62.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Half-Life sell?

Q: How many copies did Half-Life sell?

8.5M to 13.8M copies, based on its 163k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8.5M–13.8M; $23.2M–$62.5M after Steam's cut $42.3M–$96.2M before the cut; from 163k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

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 Half-Life out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Half-Life's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.8M–14.5M

best case 18.9M (Half-Life 2)

The First-Person genre

All 8 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

≈ 6.8M–14.5M copies

≈ $52.7M–$81.0M after Steam's cut

from ~210k reviews

Best case

≈ 14.4M–23.4M copies

Half-Life 2 · ≈ $39.5M–$106.2M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (6 of 8) and FPS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Sci-fi, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2000 to 2020, a genre with a long track record.

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

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