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How many copies did Killing Floor 2 sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 5.4M–8.7M
$44.4M–$119.3M after Steam's cut $80.6M–$183.5M before the cut
from 129k 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 Killing Floor 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Killing Floor 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.9M–21.9M
best case 87.5M (Left 4 Dead 2)
Games like Killing Floor 2

The middle of these games

≈ 8.9M–21.9M copies

≈ $178.1M–$329.9M after Steam's cut

from ~339k 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: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 66.7M–108.4M copies, ≈ $183.2M–$492.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 8) and Survival (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
The era
The games you compared span 2009 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).

Similar games

Left 4 Dead 2
2009
Est. copies
≈ 66.7M–108.4M
3.1x vs typical
SteamSpy 50M–100M
Est. revenue
$183.2M–$492.6M after Steam's cut $333.1M–$757.9M before the cut
$9.99
1.1M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ZombiesCo-op
7 Days to Die
2024
Est. copies
≈ 9.9M–16.1M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$122.7M–$330.0M after Steam's cut $223.1M–$507.7M before the cut
$44.99
400k reviews
Very Positive
SurvivalZombies
Z1 Battle Royale
2018
Est. copies
≈ 6.2M–10.0M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
202k reviews
Mixed
SurvivalMassively Multiplayer
theHunter: Call of the Wild™
2017
Est. copies
≈ 7.0M–11.3M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
202k reviews
Very Positive
HuntingOpen World
Hunt: Showdown 1896
2019
Est. copies
≈ 8.0M–13.0M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$87.8M–$236.2M after Steam's cut $159.7M–$363.4M before the cut
$39.99
277k reviews
Mostly Positive
Open WorldExtraction Shooter
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
DayZ
2018
Est. copies
≈ 14.2M–23.1M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's cut $356.0M–$809.9M before the cut
$49.99
469k reviews
Mostly Positive
SurvivalOpen World
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
2022
Est. copies
≈ 3.4M–5.6M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$37.6M–$101.1M after Steam's cut $68.4M–$155.6M before the cut
$39.99
138k reviews
Mostly Positive
HorrorTeam-Based

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