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How many copies did Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition) sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 385k–626k
from 16k 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 Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition) out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.6M–16.9M
best case 31.7M (Cyberpunk 2077)
Games like Mass Effect 2 (2010 Edition)

The middle of these games

≈ 5.6M–16.9M copies

≈ $103.3M–$131.6M after Steam's cut

from ~153k 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: Cyberpunk 2077 at ≈ 24.2M–39.3M copies, ≈ $399.0M–$1072.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 30k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 25k to 326k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (7 of 8) and Story Rich (7 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Cyberpunk + Open World, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Cyberpunk + Nudity + Sci-fi; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2010 to 2022, and none of them 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

Cyberpunk 2077
2020
Est. copies
≈ 24.2M–39.3M
6.4x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
$399.0M–$1072.8M after Steam's cut $725.5M–$1650.4M before the cut
$59.99
975k reviews
Very Positive
CyberpunkOpen World
NieR:Automata™
2017
Est. copies
≈ 5.3M–8.6M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut $105.3M–$239.5M before the cut
$39.99
153k reviews
Very Positive
Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
2020
Est. copies
≈ 3.2M–5.2M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
128k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAdventure
Fallout 4
2015
Est. copies
≈ 20.9M–34.0M
2.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$114.9M–$308.8M after Steam's cut $208.9M–$475.1M before the cut
$19.99
428k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldPost-apocalyptic
Fallout: New Vegas
2010
Est. copies
≈ 16.5M–26.8M
1.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$45.3M–$121.9M after Steam's cut $82.5M–$187.6M before the cut
$9.99
261k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Open WorldRPG
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
2019
Est. copies
≈ 5.0M–8.2M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$55.4M–$149.0M after Steam's cut $100.7M–$229.2M before the cut
$39.99
175k reviews
Very Positive
Action-AdventureSouls-like
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
2022
Est. copies
≈ 3.5M–5.7M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut $105.3M–$239.5M before the cut
$59.99
142k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Open WorldSuperhero
BioShock Infinite
2013
Est. copies
≈ 9.2M–14.9M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$75.8M–$203.9M after Steam's cut $137.9M–$313.7M before the cut
$29.99
145k reviews
Very Positive

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