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How many copies did Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 386k–627k
$1.1M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut
from 6k reviews (Very 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 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10.7M–90.4M
best case 813.7M (Counter-Strike 2)
Games like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2

The middle of these games

≈ 10.7M–90.4M copies

≈ $61.5M–$216.5M after Steam's cut

from ~727k 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: Counter-Strike 2 at ≈ 620.0M–1007.5M copies.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on FPS (8 of 8) and Shooter (7 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with FPS + Shooter.
The era
The games you compared span 2009 to 2023, 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 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

Counter-Strike 2
2012
Est. copies
≈ 620.0M–1007.5M
13x vs typical
SteamSpy 100M–200M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
9.8M reviews
Very Positive
FPSShooter
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
2015
Est. copies
≈ 75.3M–122.4M
2.1x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
1.5M reviews
Very Positive
FPSPvP
Call of Duty®
2022
Est. copies
≈ 19.4M–31.5M
SteamSpy 50M–100M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
781k reviews
Mixed
FPSMultiplayer
Insurgency: Sandstorm
2018
Est. copies
≈ 4.0M–6.6M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$33.4M–$89.7M after Steam's cut $60.7M–$138.0M before the cut
$29.99
133k reviews
Very Positive
FPSRealistic
Ready or Not
2023
Est. copies
≈ 8.5M–13.9M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$117.4M–$315.6M after Steam's cut $213.4M–$485.5M before the cut
$49.99
344k reviews
Mostly Positive
TacticalRealistic
PAYDAY 2
2013
Est. copies
≈ 42.6M–69.2M
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
Left 4 Dead 2
2009
Est. copies
≈ 66.7M–108.4M
SteamSpy 50M–100M
Est. revenue
$183.2M–$492.6M after Steam's cut $333.1M–$757.9M before the cut
$9.99
1.1M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ZombiesCo-op
Insurgency
2014
Est. copies
≈ 7.0M–11.3M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$28.8M–$77.4M after Steam's cut $52.3M–$119.0M before the cut
$14.99
125k reviews
Very Positive
FPSRealistic

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