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How many copies did Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 29k–47k
$119k–$321k after Steam's cut $217k–$493k before the cut
from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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 Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 469k–1.0M
best case 56.1M (Warframe)
Games like Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend

The middle of these games

≈ 469k–1.0M copies

≈ $6.4M–$11.6M after Steam's cut

from ~23k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Warframe at ≈ 42.7M–69.4M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 15k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7k to 29k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Shooter (6 of 8) and Loot (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Looter Shooter, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Free to Play + Looter Shooter + Third-Person Shooter; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2009 to 2023, 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).

Similar games

Warframe
2013
Est. copies
≈ 42.7M–69.4M
29x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
676k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayAction RPG
Borderlands 2
2012
Est. copies
≈ 19.7M–32.1M
13x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$108.4M–$291.6M after Steam's cut $197.2M–$448.6M before the cut
$19.99
312k reviews
Very Positive
LootShooter
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
2014
Est. copies
≈ 2.4M–3.9M
1.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$26.6M–$71.5M after Steam's cut $48.4M–$110.0M before the cut
$39.99
43k reviews
Mostly Positive
Looter ShooterCo-op
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator
2023
Est. copies
≈ 462k–751k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before the cut
$24.99
19k reviews
Mostly Positive
AdventureDriving
Alien Shooter
2009
Est. copies
≈ 300k–488k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $749k–$1.7M before the cut
$4.99
5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ShooterAction
Borderlands Game of the Year
2023
Est. copies
≈ 791k–1.3M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$6.5M–$17.5M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.0M before the cut
$29.99
32k reviews
Very Positive
Looter ShooterFPS
EVERSPACE™ 2
2023
Est. copies
≈ 322k–523k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$4.4M–$11.9M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.3M before the cut
$49.99
13k reviews
Very Positive
ShooterSpace
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
2023
Est. copies
≈ 689k–1.1M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$5.7M–$15.3M after Steam's cut $10.3M–$23.5M before the cut
$29.99
28k reviews
Very Positive

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