How much revenue did Max Payne make?

An estimated 2.2M to 6.0M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Max Payne sell?

Q: How many copies did Max Payne sell?

An estimated 815k to 1.3M copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 815k–1.3M; $2.2M–$6.0M net $4.1M–$9.3M gross; from 16k 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 Max Payne out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Max Payne's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 66k–1.1M

best case 3.8M (Mafia: Definitive Edition)

The Action lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 304k copies.

A typical game

≈ 304k copies

≈ $1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.8M copies

Mafia: Definitive Edition · ≈ $58.2M after Steam's cut

from 109k 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 + Crime, priced around $40.
The games you compared span 2008 to 2025, 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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