How much revenue did Dead Exit make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Exit sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Exit sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 36 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut; from 36 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 Dead Exit out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Exit's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13.3M–23.9M

best case 39.6M (Project Zomboid)

Games like Dead Exit

The middle of these games

≈ 13.3M–23.9M copies

≈ $291.4M–$366.4M after Steam's cut

from ~351k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Project Zomboid at ≈ 30.2M–49.0M copies, ≈ $207.3M–$557.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Zombies (4 of 4) and Co-op (2 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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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DayZ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's cut $356.0M–$809.9M before the cut	$49.99	469k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Resident Evil 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.4M–10.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $70.1M–$188.4M after Steam's cut $127.4M–$289.8M before the cut	$39.99	221k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.2M–49.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $207.3M–$557.3M after Steam's cut $376.9M–$857.4M before the cut	$24.99	477k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11.4M–18.4M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $187.3M–$503.5M after Steam's cut $340.5M–$774.7M before the cut	$59.99	233k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerZombies