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How many copies did Assassin's Creed® Unity sell?
Estimated copies sold
≈ 4.4M–7.1M
$36.1M–$97.1M net $65.6M–$149.3M gross
from 84k 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 Assassin's Creed® Unity out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Assassin's Creed® Unity's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.6M–6.4M
best case 7.4M (Assassin's Creed® Odyssey)
The Action lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 4.9M copies.

A typical game
≈ 4.9M copies
≈ $45.5M after Steam's cut
from ~87k reviews
Best case
≈ 7.4M copies
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey · ≈ $171.1M after Steam's cut
from 185k reviews

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are too small to compare.

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 Open World + RPG, priced around $60.
  • The games you compared span 2010 to 2018, 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.

Similar games

Invalid Date
Est. copies
≈ 1.9M–3.0M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$20.6M–$55.3M net $37.4M–$85.1M gross
$39.99
78k reviews
Very Positive
PiratesOpen World +6
2010
Est. copies
≈ 3.1M–5.1M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$17.3M–$46.5M net $31.4M–$71.5M gross
$19.99
61k reviews
Very Positive
ActionOpen World +6
2011
Est. copies
≈ 1.4M–2.2M
too small to compare
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$7.5M–$20.2M net $13.6M–$31.0M gross
$19.99
26k reviews
Very Positive
ActionOpen World +6
2014
Est. copies
≈ 5.0M–8.1M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$27.5M–$74.1M net $50.1M–$113.9M gross
$19.99
96k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAction +6
2018
Est. copies
≈ 5.6M–9.1M
2.1x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$92.8M–$249.5M net $168.7M–$383.8M gross
$59.99
185k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldRPG +6
2017
Est. copies
≈ 4.4M–7.1M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$72.3M–$194.3M net $131.4M–$298.9M gross
$59.99
127k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAssassin +6
2015
Est. copies
≈ 1.5M–2.5M
too small to compare
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$12.5M–$33.6M net $22.7M–$51.7M gross
$29.99
33k reviews
Very Positive
AssassinOpen World +6
2016
Est. copies
≈ 2.6M–4.3M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$21.8M–$58.6M net $39.6M–$90.2M gross
$29.99
66k reviews
Very Positive
StealthFirst-Person +6

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