How much revenue did Outbreak: Epidemic make?

$7k–$18k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Outbreak: Epidemic sell?

Q: How many copies did Outbreak: Epidemic sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 97 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before the cut; from 97 reviews (Mixed)

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 Outbreak: Epidemic out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Outbreak: Epidemic's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.7M–8.1M

best case 8.9M (Resident Evil 4)

Games like Outbreak: Epidemic

The middle of these games

≈ 4.7M–8.1M copies

≈ $54.3M–$96.8M after Steam's cut

from ~98k reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Resident Evil 4 at ≈ 6.8M–11.1M copies, ≈ $74.9M–$201.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 3 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 68k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival Horror (7 of 8) and Third-Person Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, and 2 of your 8 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.1M–$81.0M after Steam's cut $54.8M–$124.7M before the cut	$19.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Inventory ManagementSurvival Horror
Dead Space 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $28.7M–$77.2M after Steam's cut $52.2M–$118.8M before the cut	$59.99	70k reviews Very Positive	HorrorThird-Person Shooter
Resident Evil 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6.8M–11.1M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $74.9M–$201.3M after Steam's cut $136.1M–$309.7M before the cut	$39.99	275k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction
Outbreak 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before the cut	$9.99	130 reviews Mixed	Survival HorrorThird-Person Shooter
Customers From Hell - Game For Retail Workers (Zombie Survival Game) 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $218–$585 after Steam's cut $396–$900 before the cut	$7.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	ActionSurvival Horror
Bloody Moon 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before the cut	$0.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	ZombiesPost-apocalyptic
Farmageddon: Undead 2024	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$110 after Steam's cut $74–$169 before the cut	$1.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Outbreak SimThird-Person Shooter
Darke: Haunting Hours 2025	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $96–$255 after Steam's cut $175–$392 before the cut	$13.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Survival Horror Horror