How much revenue did Max Payne 3 make?

$22.3M–$59.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Max Payne 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Max Payne 3 sell?

4.1M to 6.6M copies, based on its 64k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.1M–6.6M; $22.3M–$59.9M after Steam's cut $40.5M–$92.1M before the cut; from 64k 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 Max Payne 3 out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Max Payne 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 367k–1.1M

best case 829k (Sniper Elite V2)

Games like Max Payne 3

The middle of these games

≈ 367k–1.1M copies

≈ $2.3M–$4.7M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

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

All 6 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Sniper Elite V2 at ≈ 631k–1.0M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Third-Person Shooter (6 of 6) and Bullet Time (3 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sniper + Stealth.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2017, 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 43 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
Sniper Elite V2 unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 631k–1.0M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	25k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Max Payne 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before the cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	ActionNoir
Vanquish 2017	Est. copies ≈ 274k–446k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before the cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	ActionThird-Person Shooter
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne 2008	Est. copies ≈ 919k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before the cut	$9.99	15k reviews Very Positive	ActionNoir
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 265k–430k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2013	Est. copies ≈ 297k–483k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before the cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction