How much revenue did The Evil Within make?

An estimated 9.5M to 25.4M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Evil Within sell?

Q: How many copies did The Evil Within sell?

An estimated 1.7M to 2.8M copies, based on its 33k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.7M–2.8M; $9.5M–$25.4M net $17.2M–$39.1M gross; from 33k 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 The Evil Within out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Evil Within's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.6M–13.0M

best case 48.1M (Dead by Daylight)

The Horror lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 10.4M copies.

A typical game

≈ 10.4M copies

≈ $120.5M after Steam's cut

from ~264k reviews

Best case

≈ 48.1M copies

Dead by Daylight · ≈ $371.4M after Steam's cut

from 916k 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 Horror + Multiplayer, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2016 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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