How much revenue did Resident Evil 4 make?

An estimated 69.6M to 187.0M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Resident Evil 4 sell?

Q: How many copies did Resident Evil 4 sell?

An estimated 6.3M to 10.3M copies, based on its 264k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6.3M–10.3M; $69.6M–$187.0M net $126.5M–$287.7M gross; from 264k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Resident Evil 4 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Resident Evil 4's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24.9M–49.8M

best case 55.0M (Rust)

The Survival lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 29.0M copies.

A typical game

≈ 29.0M copies

≈ $281.7M after Steam's cut

from ~607k reviews

Best case

≈ 55.0M copies

Rust · ≈ $849.9M after Steam's cut

from 1.4M 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 Survival + Crafting, priced around $40.
The games you compared span 2009 to 2023, 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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