How much revenue did Dead Space make?

$28.7M–$77.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Space sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Space sell?

1.7M to 2.8M copies, based on its 70k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.7M–2.8M; $28.7M–$77.2M after Steam's cut $52.2M–$118.8M before the cut; from 70k 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 Dead Space out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Space's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–3.6M

best case 7.2M (Resident Evil 4 (2005))

Games like Dead Space

The middle of these games

≈ 1.9M–3.6M copies

≈ $28.5M–$38.6M after Steam's cut

from ~53k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Resident Evil 4 (2005) at ≈ 5.5M–8.9M copies, ≈ $30.1M–$81.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (3 of 4) and Survival Horror (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Inventory Management + Survival Horror, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2022, 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

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Callisto Protocol™ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.8M–$48.0M after Steam's cut $32.4M–$73.8M before the cut	$59.99	44k reviews Mixed	HorrorSci-fi
Dead Space™ 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.7M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.6M before the cut	$19.99	30k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
CONTROL Ultimate Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.2M–$46.1M after Steam's cut $31.2M–$71.0M before the cut	$39.99	63k reviews Very Positive	ActionSupernatural
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.1M–$81.0M after Steam's cut $54.8M–$124.7M before the cut	$19.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Inventory ManagementSurvival Horror