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How many copies did METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 110k–179k
$607k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut
from 4k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 108k–194k
best case 1.8M (The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered)
Games like METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version

The middle of these games

≈ 108k–194k copies

≈ $1.2M–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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.

Best case: The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered at ≈ 1.4M–2.2M copies, ≈ $18.6M–$50.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 230 to 18k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Action-Adventure (6 of 8) and Third-Person Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Action-Adventure + Story Rich, priced around $50.
The era
Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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