How much revenue did Prototype 2 make?

$11.0M–$29.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Prototype 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Prototype 2 sell?

1.0M to 1.6M copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.0M–1.6M; $11.0M–$29.6M after Steam's cut $20.0M–$45.5M before the cut; from 16k reviews (Mostly 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 Prototype 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Prototype 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 587k–1.0M

best case 34.4M (Red Dead Redemption 2)

Games like Prototype 2

The middle of these games

≈ 587k–1.0M copies

≈ $4.7M–$10.8M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Red Dead Redemption 2 at ≈ 26.2M–42.6M copies, ≈ $432.5M–$1162.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Superhero (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Open World + Western + Realistic; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 1 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 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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Red Dead Redemption 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 26.2M–42.6M 64x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $432.5M–$1162.8M after Steam's cut $786.3M–$1788.9M before the cut	$59.99	910k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldStory Rich
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 2024	Est. copies ≈ 447k–727k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8.6M–$23.1M after Steam's cut $15.6M–$35.6M before the cut	$69.99	18k reviews Mixed	CapitalismOnline Co-Op
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 48x 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
Prototype™ 2009	Est. copies ≈ 895k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
LEGO® The Incredibles 2018	Est. copies ≈ 79k–128k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $866k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$39.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionLEGO
Batman - The Telltale Series 2016	Est. copies ≈ 756k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before the cut	$14.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterAdventure
Gotham City Impostors Free to Play 2012	Est. copies ≈ 763k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAction
MENTAL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	82 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessOpen World