How much revenue did Fallout: New Vegas make?

An estimated 37.0M to 99.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Fallout: New Vegas sell?

Q: How many copies did Fallout: New Vegas sell?

An estimated 13.5M to 21.9M copies, based on its 259k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13.5M–21.9M; $37.0M–$99.5M net $67.3M–$153.0M gross; from 259k 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 Fallout: New Vegas out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fallout: New Vegas's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.8M–6.8M

best case 29.9M (Dying Light)

The Open World lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 6.8M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 6.8M copies

≈ $157.9M after Steam's cut

from ~216k reviews

Best case

≈ 29.9M copies

Dying Light · ≈ $288.3M after Steam's cut

from 490k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

1 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 4 are breakout hits far above it, and 3 are too small to compare.

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 Open World, priced around $22.
The breakout hits carry Post-apocalyptic + Survival + Open World Survival Craft; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, 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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