How many copies did Dead Frontier 2 sell?

819k to 1.3M copies, based on its 28k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Dead Frontier 2 make?

Dead Frontier 2 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Dead Frontier 2?

Estimated owners: ≈ 819k–1.3M; from 28k reviews (Mixed)

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 Dead Frontier 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Frontier 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.4M–8.7M

best case 15.2M (Subnautica)

Games like Dead Frontier 2

The middle of these games

≈ 5.4M–8.7M copies

≈ $51.2M–$81.1M after Steam's cut

from ~129k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Subnautica at ≈ 11.5M–18.8M copies, ≈ $95.2M–$256.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (5 of 8) and FPS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, and 1 of your 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.5M–18.8M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.2M–$256.0M after Steam's cut $173.1M–$393.9M before the cut	$29.99	380k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Metro 2033 Redux 2014	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $43.5M–$117.0M after Steam's cut $79.1M–$180.1M before the cut	$19.99	141k reviews Very Positive	Post-apocalypticFPS
DOOM 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.7M–$136.2M after Steam's cut $92.1M–$209.6M before the cut	$19.99	222k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSGore
SCP: Secret Laboratory 2017	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.1M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	234k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Hunt: Showdown 1896 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8.0M–13.0M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $66.0M–$177.6M after Steam's cut $120.1M–$273.2M before the cut	$29.99	278k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldExtraction Shooter
VRChat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	268k reviews Mostly Positive	VRFree to Play
My Summer Car 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.2M after Steam's cut $21.8M–$49.5M before the cut	$14.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation
Killing Floor 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $44.4M–$119.4M after Steam's cut $80.7M–$183.6M before the cut	$29.99	129k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesMultiplayer