How much revenue did Sniper Elite make?

$580k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sniper Elite sell?

Q: How many copies did Sniper Elite sell?

264k to 429k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 264k–429k; $580k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut; from 4k 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 Sniper Elite out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sniper Elite's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 118k–1.3M

best case 2.8M (Sniper Elite 4)

Games like Sniper Elite

The middle of these games

≈ 118k–1.3M copies

≈ $306k–$21.5M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sniper Elite 4 at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies, ≈ $35.7M–$96.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on World War II (7 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sniper + Shooter, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, and 2 of your 7 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 70 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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Deadly Dozen Reloaded 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$12.99	59 reviews Mixed	ActionFPS
UberSoldier 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before the cut	$4.99	288 reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Sniper Elite V2 unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 631k–1.0M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	25k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Sniper Elite 5 2022	Est. copies ≈ 748k–1.2M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.5M before the cut	$49.99	30k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerSniper
Sniper Elite V2 Remastered 2019	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $322k–$867k after Steam's cut $586k–$1.3M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	SniperAction
Sniper Elite 4 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.7M–$96.0M after Steam's cut $64.9M–$147.7M before the cut	$59.99	63k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Sniper Elite 3 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.1M–$35.2M after Steam's cut $23.8M–$54.1M before the cut	$29.99	28k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
Sniper Elite: Resistance 2025	Est. copies ≈ 148k–241k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.5M after Steam's cut $3.7M–$8.4M before the cut	$49.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure