How much revenue did The Operator make?

An estimated 776k to 2.1M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Operator sell?

Q: How many copies did The Operator sell?

An estimated 202k to 328k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 202k–328k; $776k–$2.1M net $1.4M–$3.2M gross; from 8k 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 The Operator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Operator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 211k–346k

best case 374k (Judgment)

The Adventure lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 298k copies.

A typical game

≈ 298k copies

≈ $2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Best case

≈ 374k copies

Judgment · ≈ $5.8M after Steam's cut

from 12k 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 Action + Adventure, priced around $40.
The games you compared span 2015 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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