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How many copies did Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™ sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 458k–745k
$3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.6M before the cut
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.

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We left Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 371k–2.2M
best case 7.3M (Dishonored)
Games like Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™

The middle of these games

≈ 371k–2.2M copies

≈ $1.3M–$17.3M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Dishonored at ≈ 5.6M–9.0M copies, ≈ $15.3M–$41.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Stealth (8 of 8) and Assassin (7 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Stealth + First-Person, priced around $10.
The era
The games you compared span 2006 to 2018, 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 38 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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Dishonored
2012
Est. copies
≈ 5.6M–9.0M
8.0x vs typical
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
The Slater
2018
Est. copies
≈ 32k–52k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$87k–$235k after Steam's cut $159k–$361k before the cut
$9.99
1k reviews
Mostly Positive
ActionViolent
Dishonored 2
2016
Est. copies
≈ 2.8M–4.5M
6.1x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$22.9M–$61.5M after Steam's cut $41.6M–$94.7M before the cut
$29.99
67k reviews
Very Positive
StealthFirst-Person
The Ship: Murder Party
2006
Est. copies
≈ 376k–611k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before the cut
$9.99
6k reviews
Very Positive
MultiplayerIndie
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
2007
Est. copies
≈ 309k–502k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$764k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut
$8.99
5k reviews
Very Positive
StealthAction
Thief
2014
Est. copies
≈ 1.3M–2.2M
2.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.6M before the cut
$19.99
24k reviews
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Hitman: Contracts
2014
Est. copies
≈ 205k–332k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$506k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $919k–$2.1M before the cut
$8.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
StealthAction
Hitman: Blood Money
2007
Est. copies
≈ 1.0M–1.7M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$2.8M–$7.5M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.5M before the cut
$9.99
16k reviews
Very Positive
StealthAction

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