How much revenue did Red Dead Redemption 2 make?

An estimated 424.4M to 1141.0M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Red Dead Redemption 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Red Dead Redemption 2 sell?

An estimated 25.7M to 41.8M copies, based on its 893k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25.7M–41.8M; $424.4M–$1141.0M net $771.6M–$1755.3M gross; from 893k 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 Red Dead Redemption 2 out and predicted the genre from its 7 similar games. Every figure here, including Red Dead Redemption 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 539k–2.7M

best case 17.7M (Fallout: New Vegas)

The Singleplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 636k copies.

A typical game

≈ 636k copies

≈ $12.3M after Steam's cut

from ~20k reviews

Best case

≈ 17.7M copies

Fallout: New Vegas · ≈ $68.2M after Steam's cut

from 259k 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 Open World + RPG, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, 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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