How much revenue did Borderlands 3 make?

An estimated 71.1M to 191.1M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Borderlands 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Borderlands 3 sell?

An estimated 4.3M to 7.0M copies, based on its 163k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.3M–7.0M; $71.1M–$191.1M net $129.2M–$293.9M gross; from 163k 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 Borderlands 3 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Borderlands 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–15.4M

best case 45.6M (Warframe)

The Co-op lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 4.7M copies.

A typical game

≈ 4.7M copies

≈ $58.7M after Steam's cut

from ~119k reviews

Best case

≈ 45.6M copies

Warframe

from 669k 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 Free to Play + Action RPG, priced around $30.
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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