How much revenue did METAL GEAR SURVIVE make?

An estimated 1.4M to 3.8M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did METAL GEAR SURVIVE sell?

Q: How many copies did METAL GEAR SURVIVE sell?

An estimated 173k to 281k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 173k–281k; $1.4M–$3.8M net $2.6M–$5.9M gross; from 6k reviews (Mixed)

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 METAL GEAR SURVIVE out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including METAL GEAR SURVIVE's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.7M–26.2M

best case 123.2M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

The Multiplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 12.8M copies.

A typical game

≈ 12.8M copies

≈ $91.4M after Steam's cut

from ~289k reviews

Best case

≈ 123.2M copies

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

from 2.7M 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 Survival + Shooter, priced around $20.
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2018. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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