How much revenue did S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl make?

$56.2M–$151.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl sell?

Q: How many copies did S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl sell?

3.4M to 5.5M copies, based on its 137k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.4M–5.5M; $56.2M–$151.0M after Steam's cut $102.1M–$232.3M before the cut; from 137k 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 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17.3M–28.5M

best case 55.6M (Rust)

Games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

The middle of these games

≈ 17.3M–28.5M copies

≈ $222.7M–$319.6M after Steam's cut

from ~448k reviews

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

All 5 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Rust at ≈ 42.4M–68.9M copies, ≈ $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 5) and Survival (4 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Crafting, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Crafting + Building + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 5 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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