How many copies did METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version sell?

Q: How many copies did METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version sell?

171k to 278k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Q: How much revenue did METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version make?

$941k–$2.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 171k–278k; $941k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before the cut; from 7k 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 METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 108k–189k

best case 1.8M (The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered)

Games like METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version

The middle of these games

≈ 108k–189k copies

≈ $977k–$2.0M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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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