How much revenue did BioShock® 2 make?

$4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BioShock® 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did BioShock® 2 sell?

776k to 1.3M copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 776k–1.3M; $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.8M–$17.6M before the cut; from 15k reviews (Very 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 BioShock® 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BioShock® 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 33.8M–75.0M

best case 93.3M (Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege)

The FPS 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

≈ 33.8M–75.0M copies

≈ $193.3M–$550.7M after Steam's cut

from ~982k reviews

Best case

≈ 71.1M–115.5M copies

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (4 of 8) and Open World (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Tactical.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2020, a genre with a long track record.

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

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