How much revenue did Saints Row 2 make?

$3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Saints Row 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Saints Row 2 sell?

1.4M to 2.2M copies, based on its 22k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.4M–2.2M; $3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.7M before Steam's cut; from 22k reviews (Mostly 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 Saints Row 2 and predicted how it would do from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Saints Row 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.6M–6.1M

best case 26.4M (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)

Games like Saints Row 2

A typical game among these

≈ 4.6M–6.1M copies

≈ $36.0M–$51.6M after Steam's cut

from ~78k 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 5 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at ≈ 20.1M–32.6M copies, ≈ $110.4M–$296.9M 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 Open World (5 of 5) and Sandbox (3 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry RPG + Fantasy + Dragons; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, and 1 of the 5 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Saints Row: The Third 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	70k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldAction
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011	Est. copies ≈ 20.1M–32.6M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $110.4M–$296.9M after Steam's cut $200.7M–$456.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	318k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldRPG
Enshrouded 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.0M–$77.9M after Steam's cut $52.7M–$119.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	106k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $27.0M–$72.5M after Steam's cut $49.0M–$111.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	78k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7.4M–12.0M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $101.7M–$273.3M after Steam's cut $184.8M–$420.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	298k reviews Very Positive	MedievalStrategy