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How many copies did #KILLALLZOMBIES sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 13k–21k
$36k–$97k after Steam's cut $66k–$149k before the cut
from 316 reviews (Mostly Positive)

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 #KILLALLZOMBIES out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including #KILLALLZOMBIES's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.6M–5.9M
best case 87.5M (Left 4 Dead 2)
Games like #KILLALLZOMBIES

The middle of these games

≈ 5.6M–5.9M copies

≈ $37.8M–$44.5M after Steam's cut

from ~69k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 66.7M–108.4M copies, ≈ $183.2M–$492.6M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Co-op (8 of 8) and Zombies (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Shooter + FPS + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2008 to 2015, 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 61 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

Left 4 Dead
2008
Est. copies
≈ 4.3M–7.0M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$11.8M–$31.7M after Steam's cut $21.5M–$48.8M before the cut
$9.99
68k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ZombiesCo-op
Killing Floor
2009
Est. copies
≈ 4.4M–7.1M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$23.9M–$64.3M after Steam's cut $43.5M–$99.0M before the cut
$19.99
69k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
FPSZombies
Left 4 Dead 2
2009
Est. copies
≈ 66.7M–108.4M
15x vs typical
SteamSpy 50M–100M
Est. revenue
$183.2M–$492.6M after Steam's cut $333.1M–$757.9M before the cut
$9.99
1.1M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ZombiesCo-op
Resident Evil 6
2013
Est. copies
≈ 4.5M–7.3M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$24.7M–$66.3M after Steam's cut $44.8M–$102.0M before the cut
$19.99
71k reviews
Mostly Positive
ZombiesAction
Resident Evil 5
2009
Est. copies
≈ 4.3M–6.9M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$23.4M–$62.8M after Steam's cut $42.5M–$96.7M before the cut
$19.99
67k reviews
Very Positive
Co-opAction
Guns n Zombies
2014
Est. copies
≈ 55k–89k
too small to compare
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$120k–$323k after Steam's cut $218k–$497k before the cut
$7.99
976 reviews
Mixed
ActionZombies
Over 9000 Zombies!
2015
Est. copies
≈ 75k–121k
too small to compare
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$61k–$165k after Steam's cut $111k–$254k before the cut
$2.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
Action RoguelikeZombies
No More Room in Hell
2013
Est. copies
≈ 4.8M–7.9M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
76k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayZombies

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