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How many copies did Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 616k–1.0M
$1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before the cut
from 10k reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–6.2M
best case 132.9M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)
Games like Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

The middle of these games

≈ 1.0M–6.2M copies

≈ $6.9M–$50.8M after Steam's cut

from ~70k 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: Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at ≈ 101.3M–164.6M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (7 of 8) and Crime (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Open World + Crime. The breakout hits carry First-Person + Mature + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2007 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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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
2015
Est. copies
≈ 101.3M–164.6M
30x vs typical
SteamSpy 50M–100M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
2.1M reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAction
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
unreleased
Est. copies
≈ 5.0M–8.1M
2.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
202k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAction
Saints Row 2
2009
Est. copies
≈ 1.4M–2.2M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$3.8M–$10.1M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.6M before the cut
$9.99
22k reviews
Mostly Positive
Open WorldAction
Saints Row
2023
Est. copies
≈ 217k–352k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before the cut
$29.99
9k reviews
Mixed
Open WorldCharacter Customization
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
2020
Est. copies
≈ 5.0M–8.1M
2.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$27.6M–$74.1M after Steam's cut $50.1M–$114.0M before the cut
$19.99
202k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAction
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men™
2007
Est. copies
≈ 217k–353k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
3k reviews
Mixed
ActionCrime
Saints Row: The Third
2011
Est. copies
≈ 4.4M–7.2M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before the cut
$9.99
70k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Open WorldAction
Watch_Dogs® 2
2016
Est. copies
≈ 4.2M–6.8M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut $105.3M–$239.5M before the cut
$49.99
101k reviews
Very Positive
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