How much revenue did Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas make?

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sell?

Q: How many copies did Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sell?

5.3M to 8.6M copies, based on its 83k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.3M–8.6M; from 83k 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 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.6M–6.6M

best case 132.9M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)

Games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

The middle of these games

≈ 4.6M–6.6M copies

≈ $50.8M–$79.0M after Steam's cut

from ~110k 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.

Best case: Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at ≈ 101.3M–164.6M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 58k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 16k to 153k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (8 of 8) and Crime (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime. The breakout hits carry Mature + First-Person + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2025, and 1 of your 7 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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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 101.3M–164.6M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.1M reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Yakuza 0 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	78k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichAction
Schedule I 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7.8M–12.7M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $42.9M–$115.2M after Steam's cut $77.9M–$177.3M before the cut	$19.99	314k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Simulation Co-op
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $27.6M–$74.1M after Steam's cut $50.1M–$114.0M before the cut	$19.99	202k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Watch_Dogs® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut $105.3M–$239.5M before the cut	$49.99	101k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldHacking
Mafia: Definitive Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $30.1M–$80.8M after Steam's cut $54.6M–$124.3M before the cut	$39.99	110k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldCrime
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	202k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Saints Row: The Third 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before the cut	$9.99	70k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldAction