How many copies did The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) sell?

Q: How many copies did The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) sell?

An estimated 2.7M to 4.5M copies, based on its 53k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Q: How much revenue did The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) make?

An estimated 11.3M to 30.4M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) sell?

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.7M–4.5M; $11.3M–$30.4M net $20.5M–$46.7M gross; from 53k 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 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11.1M–25.3M

best case 36.0M (ELDEN RING)

The RPG lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 19.9M copies.

A typical game

≈ 19.9M copies

≈ $269.6M after Steam's cut

from ~370k reviews

Best case

≈ 36.0M copies

ELDEN RING · ≈ $834.0M after Steam's cut

from 1.1M 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 Souls-like + Open World, priced around $60.
The games you compared span 2011 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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