How much revenue did Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition make?

Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition sell?

5.1M to 8.2M copies, based on its 204k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.1M–8.2M; from 204k 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 Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.7M–39.8M

best case 133.2M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)

Games like Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 9.7M–39.8M copies

≈ $87.0M–$248.5M after Steam's cut

from ~293k 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: Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at ≈ 101.5M–164.9M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 42k reviews in their first month; the range was 17k to 58k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Automobile Sim (8 of 8) and Open World (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2021, 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 31 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$75.1M after Steam's cut $50.8M–$115.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	205k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 101.5M–164.9M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.1M reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Forza Horizon 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
American Truck Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $45.0M–$120.9M after Steam's cut $81.7M–$186.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	197k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.5M–33.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $141.2M–$379.6M after Steam's cut $256.7M–$584.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	421k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationDriving
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–15.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut $97.8M–$222.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	175k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Forza Horizon 5 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $115.3M–$310.1M after Steam's cut $209.7M–$477.1M before Steam's cut	$59.99	282k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.7M–97.0M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $328.0M–$881.9M after Steam's cut $596.4M–$1356.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	944k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation