How many copies did Dead Frontier 2 sell?

820k 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 players who have it: ≈ 820k–1.3M; from 28k reviews (Mixed)

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 Dead Frontier 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Frontier 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.5M–8.8M

best case 15.2M (Subnautica)

Games like Dead Frontier 2

A typical game among these

≈ 5.5M–8.8M copies

≈ $51.5M–$81.4M after Steam's cut

from ~129k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Subnautica at ≈ 11.6M–18.8M copies, ≈ $95.5M–$256.7M 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 FPS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, 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 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 ≈ 11.6M–18.8M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.5M–$256.7M after Steam's cut $173.6M–$395.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	381k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Metro 2033 Redux 2014	Est. copies ≈ 8.0M–12.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $43.8M–$117.8M after Steam's cut $79.6M–$181.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	142k reviews Very Positive	Post-apocalypticFPS
DOOM 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.7M–$136.4M after Steam's cut $92.3M–$209.9M before Steam's 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	235k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Hunt: Showdown 1896 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8.0M–13.1M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $66.3M–$178.3M after Steam's cut $120.6M–$274.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	279k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldExtraction Shooter
VRChat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9.3M–15.1M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	269k reviews Mostly Positive	VRFree to Play
My Summer Car 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	118k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation
Killing Floor 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $44.4M–$119.4M after Steam's cut $80.8M–$183.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	129k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesMultiplayer