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How many copies did Assassin's Creed® Origins sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 4.4M–7.2M
$72.9M–$196.0M after Steam's cut $132.6M–$301.6M before the cut
from 128k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Assassin's Creed® Origins out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Assassin's Creed® Origins's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.2M–11.9M
best case 13.4M (Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition)
Games like Assassin's Creed® Origins

The middle of these games

≈ 7.2M–11.9M copies

≈ $43.4M–$151.2M after Steam's cut

from ~142k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 6 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition at ≈ 10.2M–16.6M copies, ≈ $168.6M–$453.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Stealth (4 of 6) and Third Person (4 of 6).
The winners
Winners here lead with Souls-like + Ninja, priced around $60.
The era
The games you compared span 2000 to 2019, 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 36 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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Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
2018
Est. copies
≈ 5.7M–9.3M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$94.2M–$253.2M after Steam's cut $171.3M–$389.6M before the cut
$59.99
188k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldRPG
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
2014
Est. copies
≈ 5.4M–8.8M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$29.8M–$80.2M after Steam's cut $54.2M–$123.4M before the cut
$19.99
97k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAction
Dishonored
2012
Est. copies
≈ 5.6M–9.0M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$15.3M–$41.1M after Steam's cut $27.8M–$63.3M before the cut
$9.99
88k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
StealthFirst-Person
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
2019
Est. copies
≈ 10.2M–16.6M
2.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$168.6M–$453.2M after Steam's cut $306.5M–$697.3M before the cut
$59.99
355k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Souls-likeDifficult
Counter-Strike
2000
Est. copies
≈ 16.5M–26.8M
1.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$45.4M–$122.0M after Steam's cut $82.5M–$187.7M before the cut
$9.99
261k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ActionFPS
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
unreleased
Est. copies
≈ 1.9M–3.2M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$21.4M–$57.6M after Steam's cut $38.9M–$88.6M before the cut
$39.99
79k reviews
Very Positive
PiratesOpen World

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