How much revenue did Starfield make?

An estimated 57.5M to 154.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Starfield sell?

Q: How many copies did Starfield sell?

An estimated 4.2M to 6.8M copies, based on its 174k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.2M–6.8M; $57.5M–$154.5M net $104.5M–$237.7M gross; from 174k reviews (Mixed)

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 Starfield out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Starfield's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.9M–22.4M

best case 36.2M (HELLDIVERS™ 2)

The Exploration lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 11.7M copies.

A typical game

≈ 11.7M copies

≈ $151.6M after Steam's cut

from ~310k reviews

Best case

≈ 36.2M copies

HELLDIVERS™ 2 · ≈ $559.5M after Steam's cut

from 1.1M 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 Online Co-Op + PvE, priced around $40.
The games you compared span 2016 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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