How much revenue did Tomb Raider I (1996) make?

$563k–$1.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tomb Raider I (1996) sell?

Q: How many copies did Tomb Raider I (1996) sell?

293k to 476k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 293k–476k; $563k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut; from 5k 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 Tomb Raider I (1996) out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tomb Raider I (1996)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 422k–589k

best case 8.4M (Resident Evil 2)

Games like Tomb Raider I (1996)

The middle of these games

≈ 422k–589k copies

≈ $2.5M–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Resident Evil 2 at ≈ 6.4M–10.4M copies, ≈ $70.1M–$188.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (5 of 8) and Puzzle (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Puzzle-Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Zombies + Survival Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2024, 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).

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Resident Evil 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.4M–10.4M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $70.1M–$188.4M after Steam's cut $127.4M–$289.8M before the cut	$39.99	221k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
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