How much revenue did EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21 make?

EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21 sell?

Q: How many copies did EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21 sell?

1.4M to 2.2M copies, based on its 56k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.4M–2.2M; from 56k reviews (Mostly 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 EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 652k–1.1M

best case 37.1M (Rocket League®)

Games like EA SPORTS™ FIFA 21

The middle of these games

≈ 652k–1.1M copies

from ~24k 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: Rocket League® at ≈ 28.3M–46.0M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4k to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Football (Soccer) (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Football (Soccer) + Competitive. The breakout hits carry Competitive + Racing + Team-Based; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2021, and none of them 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 61 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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Rocket League® 2015	Est. copies ≈ 28.3M–46.0M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	580k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFootball (Soccer)
Football Manager 2017 2016	Est. copies ≈ 459k–746k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Mixed	SportsFootball (Soccer)
Football Manager 2020 2019	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	32k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSports
Football Manager 2022 2021	Est. copies ≈ 533k–867k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	22k reviews Very Positive	SportsManagement
Football Manager 2019 2018	Est. copies ≈ 379k–616k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSports
eFootball PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 945k–1.5M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	38k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsFootball (Soccer)
Football Manager 2021 2020	Est. copies ≈ 591k–961k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	24k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
eFootball PES 2020 2019	Est. copies ≈ 752k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsFootball (Soccer)