How much revenue did Alan Wake's American Nightmare make?

An estimated 1.4M to 3.7M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Alan Wake's American Nightmare sell?

Q: How many copies did Alan Wake's American Nightmare sell?

An estimated 551k to 895k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 551k–895k; $1.4M–$3.7M net $2.5M–$5.6M gross; from 11k 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 Alan Wake's American Nightmare out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Alan Wake's American Nightmare's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 27.9M–47.7M

best case 71.2M (Left 4 Dead 2)

The Survival lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 34.1M copies. From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

A typical game

≈ 34.1M copies

≈ $186.1M after Steam's cut

from ~838k reviews

Best case

≈ 71.2M copies

Left 4 Dead 2 · ≈ $275.0M after Steam's cut

from 1.0M 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 Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2009 to 2018, 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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