How much revenue did Dying Light make?

An estimated 156.3M to 420.3M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dying Light sell?

Q: How many copies did Dying Light sell?

An estimated 22.7M to 37.0M copies, based on its 490k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22.7M–37.0M; $156.3M–$420.3M net $284.3M–$646.7M gross; from 490k 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 Dying Light out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dying Light's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.9M–20.7M

best case 71.2M (Left 4 Dead 2)

The Multiplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 12.1M copies.

A typical game

≈ 12.1M copies

≈ $168.4M after Steam's cut

from ~339k reviews

Best case

≈ 71.2M copies

Left 4 Dead 2 · ≈ $275.0M after Steam's cut

from 1.0M 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 Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2009 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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