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How many copies did WWE 2K16 sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 116k–188k
from 3k reviews (Mixed)

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 WWE 2K16 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WWE 2K16's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 150k–251k
best case 323k (WWE 2K22)
Games like WWE 2K16

The middle of these games

≈ 150k–251k copies

≈ $2.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: WWE 2K22 at ≈ 246k–400k copies.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 3k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Simulation + Sports.
The era
The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, and 2 of your 8 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 43 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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