How much revenue did EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 make?

An estimated 5.4M to 14.6M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 sell?

Q: How many copies did EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 sell?

An estimated 330k to 536k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 330k–536k; $5.4M–$14.6M net $9.9M–$22.5M gross; from 11k 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 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18.4M–47.3M

best case 123.2M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

The Action lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 30.3M copies.

A typical game

≈ 30.3M copies

≈ $193.9M after Steam's cut

from ~717k reviews

Best case

≈ 123.2M copies

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

from 2.7M reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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