How much revenue did Death in the Water 2 make?

An estimated 180k to 484k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Death in the Water 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Death in the Water 2 sell?

An estimated 44k to 71k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 44k–71k; $180k–$484k net $327k–$745k gross; from 2k 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 Death in the Water 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Death in the Water 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 804k–3.2M

best case 15.0M (Subnautica)

The Horror lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 2.5M copies.

A typical game

≈ 2.5M copies

≈ $26.9M after Steam's cut

from ~42k reviews

Best case

≈ 15.0M copies

Subnautica · ≈ $173.6M after Steam's cut

from 375k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2010 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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