How much revenue did Call of Duty®: Black Ops make?

An estimated 24.4M to 65.7M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Call of Duty®: Black Ops sell?

Q: How many copies did Call of Duty®: Black Ops sell?

An estimated 2.2M to 3.6M copies, based on its 43k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.2M–3.6M; $24.4M–$65.7M net $44.4M–$101.1M gross; from 43k 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 Call of Duty®: Black Ops out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Call of Duty®: Black Ops's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18.7M–32.4M

best case 71.3M (Left 4 Dead 2)

The Survival lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 26.2M copies.

A typical game

≈ 26.2M copies

≈ $220.4M after Steam's cut

from ~527k reviews

Best case

≈ 71.3M copies

Left 4 Dead 2 · ≈ $275.1M after Steam's cut

from 1.0M 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 Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2004 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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