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How many copies did Beyond The Wire sell?
Estimated copies sold
≈ 181k–294k
$497k–$1.3M net $903k–$2.1M gross
from 8k 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 Beyond The Wire out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beyond The Wire's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–5.2M
best case 7.7M (Battlefield™ 1)
The Action lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 2.4M copies.

A typical game
≈ 2.4M copies
≈ $8.9M after Steam's cut
from ~46k reviews
Best case
≈ 7.7M copies
Battlefield™ 1 · ≈ $119.4M after Steam's cut
from 223k 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 FPS + Multiplayer, priced around $40.
  • The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, 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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3.4x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
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2.2x vs typical
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102k reviews
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≈ 767k–1.2M
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2020
Est. copies
≈ 5.9M–9.6M
4.9x vs typical
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≈ 1.9M–3.0M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
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54k reviews
Mostly Positive
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