How much revenue did Returnal™ make?

An estimated 4.3M to 11.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Returnal™ sell?

Q: How many copies did Returnal™ sell?

An estimated 259k to 420k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 259k–420k; $4.3M–$11.5M net $7.8M–$17.6M gross; from 11k 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 Returnal™ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Returnal™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.2M–5.6M

best case 12.1M (Risk of Rain 2)

The Action Roguelike lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 4.0M copies.

A typical game

≈ 4.0M copies

≈ $9.9M after Steam's cut

from ~76k reviews

Best case

≈ 12.1M copies

Risk of Rain 2 · ≈ $117.1M after Steam's cut

from 350k 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 Third-Person Shooter + Action Roguelike, priced around $25.
The games you compared span 2011 to 2023, 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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