How much revenue did Black Desert make?

An estimated 8.8M to 23.7M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Black Desert sell?

Q: How many copies did Black Desert sell?

An estimated 3.2M to 5.2M copies, based on its 93k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.2M–5.2M; $8.8M–$23.7M net $16.0M–$36.5M gross; from 93k reviews (Mostly 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 Black Desert out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Black Desert's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.9M–15.2M

best case 34.8M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

The MMORPG lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 8.5M copies.

A typical game

≈ 8.5M copies

≈ $56.1M after Steam's cut

from ~213k reviews

Best case

≈ 34.8M copies

ARK: Survival Evolved · ≈ $201.8M after Steam's cut

from 772k 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 Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $15.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2021, 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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