How many copies did STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ sell?

1.9M to 3.0M copies, based on its 75k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ make?

STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™?

Estimated owners: ≈ 1.9M–3.0M; from 75k 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 STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 16.2M–30.0M

best case 35.1M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

Games like STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

The middle of these games

≈ 16.2M–30.0M copies

≈ $114.3M–$173.5M after Steam's cut

from ~661k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: ARK: Survival Evolved at ≈ 26.7M–43.4M copies, ≈ $110.1M–$296.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on MMORPG (2 of 3) and Open World (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, and 1 of your 3 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 43 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
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.7M–43.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.1M–$296.0M after Steam's cut $200.2M–$455.4M before the cut	$14.99	776k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Path of Exile 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $45.9M–$123.5M after Steam's cut $83.5M–$190.0M before the cut	$29.99	225k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
Destiny 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 19.0M–30.9M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	661k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayOpen World