How much revenue did Left 4 Dead 2 make?

An estimated 149.1M to 400.9M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Left 4 Dead 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Left 4 Dead 2 sell?

An estimated 54.3M to 88.2M copies, based on its 1.0M Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 54.3M–88.2M; $149.1M–$400.9M net $271.1M–$616.8M gross; from 1.0M reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Left 4 Dead 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Left 4 Dead 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11.2M–20.3M

best case 25.5M (Unturned)

The Multiplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 13.4M copies.

A typical game

≈ 13.4M copies

≈ $220.3M after Steam's cut

from ~339k reviews

Best case

≈ 25.5M copies

Unturned

from 564k 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 Free to Play + Survival, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2015 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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