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How many copies did WWE 2K22 sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 246k–400k
from 10k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left WWE 2K22 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WWE 2K22's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 149k–235k
best case 708k (WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship)
Games like WWE 2K22

The middle of these games

≈ 149k–235k copies

≈ $1.0M–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship at ≈ 539k–876k copies, ≈ $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 162 to 2k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Racing + Automobile Sim + Offroad; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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