How much revenue did Thief II: The Metal Age make?

$259k–$695k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Thief II: The Metal Age sell?

Q: How many copies did Thief II: The Metal Age sell?

134k to 219k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 134k–219k; $259k–$695k after Steam's cut $470k–$1.1M before the cut; from 2k 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 Thief II: The Metal Age out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Thief II: The Metal Age's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 159k–281k

best case 7.3M (Dishonored)

Games like Thief II: The Metal Age

The middle of these games

≈ 159k–281k copies

≈ $513k–$843k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Dishonored at ≈ 5.6M–9.0M copies, ≈ $15.3M–$41.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Stealth (6 of 8) and First-Person (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + First-Person, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Assassin; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2016, 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 52 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).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Thief Gold (1999) 2012	Est. copies ≈ 264k–429k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $507k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $922k–$2.1M before the cut	$6.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StealthClassic
Dishonored 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.3M–$41.1M after Steam's cut $27.8M–$63.3M before the cut	$9.99	88k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StealthFirst-Person
Thief: Deadly Shadows 2007	Est. copies ≈ 165k–267k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $407k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $740k–$1.7M before the cut	$8.99	3k reviews Very Positive	StealthAtmospheric
Assassin's Creed 2 2010	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.3M–$57.3M after Steam's cut $38.7M–$88.1M before the cut	$19.99	61k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
BioShock™ 2007	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.2M–$30.0M after Steam's cut $20.3M–$46.2M before the cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	FPSAtmospheric
Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain 2013	Est. copies ≈ 78k–127k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $150k–$402k after Steam's cut $272k–$619k before the cut	$6.99	1k reviews Mixed	ActionVampire
Dishonored 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M 26x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.9M–$61.5M after Steam's cut $41.6M–$94.7M before the cut	$29.99	67k reviews Very Positive	StealthFirst-Person
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.7M after Steam's cut $24.2M–$55.0M before the cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	AssassinOpen World