How much revenue did Natural Selection 2 make?

An estimated 953k to 2.6M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Natural Selection 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Natural Selection 2 sell?

An estimated 694k to 1.1M copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 694k–1.1M; $953k–$2.6M net $1.7M–$3.9M gross; from 13k 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 Natural Selection 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Natural Selection 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 26.8M–100.6M

best case 662.4M (Counter-Strike 2)

The Multiplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 49.1M copies.

A typical game

≈ 49.1M copies

≈ $149.6M after Steam's cut

from ~719k reviews

Best case

≈ 662.4M copies

Counter-Strike 2

from 9.7M 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 FPS + Shooter, priced around $15.
The games you compared span 2011 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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