How much revenue did Halo: The Master Chief Collection make?

$82.5M–$221.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Halo: The Master Chief Collection sell?

Q: How many copies did Halo: The Master Chief Collection sell?

7.5M to 12.2M copies, based on its 260k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7.5M–12.2M; $82.5M–$221.7M after Steam's cut $149.9M–$341.1M before the cut; from 260k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Halo: The Master Chief Collection out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Halo: The Master Chief Collection's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.5M–3.7M

best case 18.9M (Half-Life 2)

The FPS genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

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

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 3.5M–3.7M copies

≈ $20.2M–$27.0M after Steam's cut

from ~54k reviews

Best case

≈ 14.4M–23.4M copies

Half-Life 2 · ≈ $39.5M–$106.2M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (7 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Gore, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 1998 to 2020, a genre with a long track record.

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

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