How much revenue did Shank 2 make?

$629k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shank 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Shank 2 sell?

229k to 372k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 229k–372k; $629k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before the cut; from 4k 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 Shank 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shank 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 695k–1.3M

best case 10.0M (Cuphead)

Games like Shank 2

The middle of these games

≈ 695k–1.3M copies

≈ $5.3M–$5.8M after Steam's cut

from ~21k 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.

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

Best case: Cuphead at ≈ 7.6M–12.3M copies, ≈ $41.7M–$112.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Co-op (6 of 8) and Platformer (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Co-op + 2D + Local Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2020, 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).

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Broforce 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.7M before the cut	$14.99	61k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AmericaAction
Lost Castle / 失落城堡 2016	Est. copies ≈ 996k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before the cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	4 Player LocalAction Roguelike
Cuphead 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $41.7M–$112.1M after Steam's cut $75.8M–$172.5M before the cut	$19.99	220k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DifficultCartoon
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