How much revenue did PAYDAY 3 make?

$13.4M–$35.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PAYDAY 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did PAYDAY 3 sell?

1.6M to 2.6M copies, based on its 65k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.6M–2.6M; $13.4M–$35.9M after Steam's cut $24.3M–$55.2M before the cut; from 65k reviews (Mixed)

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 PAYDAY 3 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PAYDAY 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 185k–1.2M

best case 55.9M (PAYDAY 2)

Games like PAYDAY 3

The middle of these games

≈ 185k–1.2M copies

≈ $1.3M–$10.2M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: PAYDAY 2 at ≈ 42.6M–69.2M copies, ≈ $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Co-op (6 of 8) and Crime (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + FPS, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Looter Shooter + FPS + Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2025, and 2 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men™ 2007	Est. copies ≈ 217k–353k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mixed	ActionCrime
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine 2013	Est. copies ≈ 539k–875k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.2M before the cut	$14.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Stealth
Thief Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.4M before the cut	$19.99	40k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Stealth
Crime Simulator: Playgrounds 2024	Est. copies ≈ 54k–87k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before the cut	$1.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionMultiplayer
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days 2010	Est. copies ≈ 616k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before the cut	$9.99	10k reviews Mixed	ActionCo-op
PAYDAY™ The Heist 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.1M–$19.1M after Steam's cut $12.9M–$29.4M before the cut	$9.99	41k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
PAYDAY 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.6M–69.2M 79x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut $212.8M–$484.2M before the cut	$9.99	674k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
The Break-In 2025	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $356k–$957k after Steam's cut $647k–$1.5M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	VRMultiplayer