How much revenue did Dead Space™ 2 make?

$10.3M–$27.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Space™ 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Space™ 2 sell?

1.9M to 3.0M copies, based on its 30k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.9M–3.0M; $10.3M–$27.7M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.6M before the cut; from 30k 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 Dead Space™ 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Space™ 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.7M–5.4M

best case 8.9M (Resident Evil 4)

Games like Dead Space™ 2

The middle of these games

≈ 3.7M–5.4M copies

≈ $49.2M–$60.9M after Steam's cut

from ~98k 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: Resident Evil 4 at ≈ 6.8M–11.1M copies, ≈ $74.9M–$201.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 26k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 12k to 68k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (7 of 8) and Zombies (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Survival + Survival Horror + Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2023, 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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Alan Wake 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.4M after Steam's cut $28.0M–$63.7M before the cut	$14.99	59k reviews Very Positive	ActionHorror
The Last of Us™ Part I 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $44.3M–$119.2M after Steam's cut $80.6M–$183.3M before the cut	$59.99	108k reviews Very Positive	Story RichPost-apocalyptic
Days Gone 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $31.8M–$85.5M after Steam's cut $57.8M–$131.5M before the cut	$39.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldZombies
Resident Evil 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $34.2M–$92.0M after Steam's cut $62.2M–$141.5M before the cut	$39.99	125k reviews Very Positive	ActionZombies
Resident Evil 6 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.7M–$66.3M after Steam's cut $44.8M–$102.0M before the cut	$19.99	71k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesAction
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.1M–$81.0M after Steam's cut $54.8M–$124.7M before the cut	$19.99	98k reviews Very Positive	Inventory ManagementSurvival Horror
Resident Evil 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6.8M–11.1M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $74.9M–$201.3M after Steam's cut $136.1M–$309.7M before the cut	$39.99	275k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction
Dead Space 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $28.7M–$77.2M after Steam's cut $52.2M–$118.8M before the cut	$59.99	70k reviews Very Positive	HorrorThird-Person Shooter