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How many copies did Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 1.1M–1.8M
$7.5M–$20.2M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$31.0M before the cut
from 22k 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 Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–1.5M
best case 6.4M (Devil May Cry 5)
Games like Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition

The middle of these games

≈ 1.2M–1.5M copies

≈ $11.3M–$21.4M after Steam's cut

from ~32k 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: Devil May Cry 5 at ≈ 4.9M–7.9M copies, ≈ $40.3M–$108.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Hack and Slash (8 of 8) and Spectacle fighter (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Hack and Slash, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Character Action Game; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 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).

Similar games

DmC: Devil May Cry
2013
Est. copies
≈ 2.1M–3.4M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$17.2M–$46.1M after Steam's cut $31.2M–$71.0M before the cut
$29.99
33k reviews
Very Positive
ActionHack and Slash
NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...
2021
Est. copies
≈ 703k–1.1M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$11.6M–$31.2M after Steam's cut $21.1M–$48.0M before the cut
$59.99
28k reviews
Very Positive
Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Hi-Fi RUSH
2023
Est. copies
≈ 890k–1.4M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$7.3M–$19.7M after Steam's cut $13.3M–$30.4M before the cut
$29.99
36k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
RhythmAction
NieR:Automata™
2017
Est. copies
≈ 5.3M–8.6M
4.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut $105.3M–$239.5M before the cut
$39.99
153k reviews
Very Positive
Great SoundtrackStory Rich
ICEY
2016
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–1.9M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before the cut
$10.99
28k reviews
Very Positive
ActionFemale Protagonist
Devil May Cry 5
2019
Est. copies
≈ 4.9M–7.9M
5.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$40.3M–$108.3M after Steam's cut $73.3M–$166.7M before the cut
$29.99
170k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ActionHack and Slash
Bayonetta
2017
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.8M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.4M before the cut
$19.99
32k reviews
Very Positive
ActionFemale Protagonist
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
2014
Est. copies
≈ 5.0M–8.1M
2.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$41.0M–$110.3M after Steam's cut $74.6M–$169.8M before the cut
$29.99
89k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Great SoundtrackHack and Slash

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