How much revenue did Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition make?

An estimated 11.0M to 29.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition sell?

An estimated 8.0M to 13.0M copies, based on its 154k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8.0M–13.0M; $11.0M–$29.5M net $19.9M–$45.4M gross; from 154k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 212k–969k

best case 12.7M (7 Days to Die)

The Zombies lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 312k copies.

A typical game

≈ 312k copies

≈ $3.5M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

Best case

≈ 12.7M copies

7 Days to Die · ≈ $220.3M after Steam's cut

from 402k 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 Survival + Zombies, priced around $45.
The games you compared span 2012 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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