How much revenue did Detroit: Become Human make?

$71.2M–$191.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Detroit: Become Human sell?

Q: How many copies did Detroit: Become Human sell?

6.5M to 10.5M copies, based on its 261k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6.5M–10.5M; $71.2M–$191.3M after Steam's cut $129.4M–$294.4M before the cut; from 261k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Detroit: Become Human out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Detroit: Become Human's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.2M–13.9M

best case 56.7M (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition)

Games like Detroit: Become Human

The middle of these games

≈ 7.2M–13.9M copies

≈ $70.7M–$169.4M after Steam's cut

from ~182k 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: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition at ≈ 43.2M–70.2M copies, ≈ $593.9M–$1596.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (5 of 8) and Choices Matter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Story Rich, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 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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