How much revenue did Serious Sam 3: BFE make?

$14.9M–$40.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Serious Sam 3: BFE sell?

Q: How many copies did Serious Sam 3: BFE sell?

1.8M to 2.9M copies, based on its 29k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.8M–2.9M; $14.9M–$40.2M after Steam's cut $27.2M–$61.8M before the cut; from 29k 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 Serious Sam 3: BFE out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Serious Sam 3: BFE's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 45.3M–101.8M

best case 813.7M (Counter-Strike 2)

Games like Serious Sam 3: BFE

The middle of these games

≈ 45.3M–101.8M copies

≈ $276.9M–$371.0M after Steam's cut

from ~1.1M 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: Counter-Strike 2 at ≈ 620.0M–1007.5M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (6 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Shooter. The breakout hits carry Team-Based + Competitive + e-sports; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2020, 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).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Counter-Strike 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 620.0M–1007.5M 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	9.8M reviews Very Positive	FPSShooter
Apex Legends™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 26.4M–43.0M SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	1.1M reviews Mixed	Free to PlayBattle Royale
Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 66.7M–108.4M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $183.2M–$492.6M after Steam's cut $333.1M–$757.9M before the cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 2015	Est. copies ≈ 75.3M–122.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	1.5M reviews Very Positive	FPSPvP
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 94.5M–153.6M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.7M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
Unturned 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.4M–31.6M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	565k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlaySurvival
PAYDAY 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.6M–69.2M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut $212.8M–$484.2M before the cut	$9.99	674k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
Garry's Mod 2006	Est. copies ≈ 79.8M–129.6M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $219.1M–$589.2M after Steam's cut $398.4M–$906.5M before the cut	$9.99	1.3M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxModdable