How much revenue did Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel make?

$26.6M–$71.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel sell?

Q: How many copies did Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel sell?

2.4M to 3.9M copies, based on its 43k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.4M–3.9M; $26.6M–$71.5M after Steam's cut $48.4M–$110.0M before the cut; from 43k reviews (Mostly 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 Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–25.2M

best case 55.9M (PAYDAY 2)

Games like Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

The middle of these games

≈ 2.9M–25.2M copies

≈ $21.9M–$161.8M after Steam's cut

from ~134k 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: PAYDAY 2 at ≈ 42.6M–69.2M copies, ≈ $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 29k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 24k to 63k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Looter Shooter (8 of 8) and Co-op (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + FPS, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2023, 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).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
PAYDAY 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.6M–69.2M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut $212.8M–$484.2M before the cut	$9.99	674k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
Destiny 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 19.0M–30.9M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	661k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayOpen World
Borderlands 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 19.7M–32.1M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $108.4M–$291.6M after Steam's cut $197.2M–$448.6M before the cut	$19.99	312k reviews Very Positive	LootShooter
Borderlands Game of the Year 2023	Est. copies ≈ 791k–1.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.5M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.0M before the cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	Looter ShooterFPS
Gunfire Reborn 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.1M–$38.0M after Steam's cut $25.7M–$58.4M before the cut	$19.99	104k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-lite FPS
Borderlands 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $67.0M–$180.1M after Steam's cut $121.8M–$277.1M before the cut	$59.99	164k reviews Very Positive	RPGLooter Shooter
Tom Clancy’s The Division™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $33.2M–$89.2M after Steam's cut $60.3M–$137.2M before the cut	$29.99	97k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldLooter Shooter
Shadow Warrior 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.7M–$26.0M after Steam's cut $17.6M–$40.0M before the cut	$29.99	28k reviews Very Positive	ActionGore