How much revenue did Call of Duty: World at War make?

$18.5M–$49.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Call of Duty: World at War sell?

Q: How many copies did Call of Duty: World at War sell?

3.4M to 5.5M copies, based on its 53k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.4M–5.5M; $18.5M–$49.7M after Steam's cut $33.6M–$76.4M before the cut; from 53k 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 Call of Duty: World at War out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Call of Duty: World at War's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–2.0M

best case 27.2M (The Forest)

Games like Call of Duty: World at War

The middle of these games

≈ 1.4M–2.0M copies

≈ $8.0M–$18.5M after Steam's cut

from ~24k 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: The Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on World War II (5 of 8) and Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Open World Survival Craft + Crafting + Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2018, 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 38 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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The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 29x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
CRSED: Cuisine Royale 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	39k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleFree to Play
NEKOPARA Vol. 0 2015	Est. copies ≈ 868k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $714k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before the cut	$2.99	18k reviews Very Positive	AnimeNudity
Zombie Army Trilogy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 911k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.3M–$30.3M after Steam's cut $20.5M–$46.6M before the cut	$44.99	19k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction
UNO 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before the cut	$9.99	54k reviews Mostly Positive	Card GameMultiplayer
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.2M before the cut	$19.99	24k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Call of Duty®: WWII 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.5M–$71.2M after Steam's cut $48.1M–$109.5M before the cut	$59.99	47k reviews Mostly Positive	World War IIFPS
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