How much revenue did DayZ make?

$195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DayZ sell?

Q: How many copies did DayZ sell?

14.2M to 23.1M copies, based on its 469k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14.2M–23.1M; $195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's cut $356.0M–$809.9M before the cut; from 469k reviews (Mostly 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 DayZ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DayZ's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15.7M–29.6M

best case 124.1M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

Games like DayZ

The middle of these games

≈ 15.7M–29.6M copies

≈ $171.5M–$204.0M after Steam's cut

from ~494k 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: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 94.5M–153.6M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 132k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 40k to 470k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (7 of 8) and Crafting (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry PvP + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2026, and 1 of your 8 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 31 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
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 94.5M–153.6M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.7M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
Valheim 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13.4M–21.8M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $110.6M–$297.4M after Steam's cut $201.1M–$457.5M before the cut	$29.99	541k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 97.9M–159.1M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut $489.0M–$1112.5M before the cut	$9.99	1.5M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.7M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.0M–$250.0M after Steam's cut $169.0M–$384.6M before the cut	$14.99	542k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Deep Rock Galactic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $77.6M–$208.6M after Steam's cut $141.1M–$321.0M before the cut	$29.99	379k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DwarfCo-op
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.1M–39.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $165.8M–$445.8M after Steam's cut $301.5M–$685.8M before the cut	$24.99	494k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Palworld 2026	Est. copies ≈ 12.0M–19.4M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $98.7M–$265.3M after Steam's cut $179.4M–$408.2M before the cut	$29.99	482k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
Rust 2018	Est. copies ≈ 42.4M–68.9M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $466.2M–$1253.5M after Steam's cut $847.6M–$1928.4M before the cut	$39.99	1.4M reviews Very Positive	SurvivalCrafting