How much revenue did WWE 2K18 make?

WWE 2K18 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did WWE 2K18 sell?

Q: How many copies did WWE 2K18 sell?

74k to 120k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74k–120k; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

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 WWE 2K18 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including WWE 2K18's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 150k–275k

best case 708k (WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship)

Games like WWE 2K18

The middle of these games

≈ 150k–275k copies

≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship at ≈ 539k–876k copies, ≈ $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 162 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 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 31 for the most recent game here to about 43 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
WWE 2K23 2023	Est. copies ≈ 189k–308k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
Wrestling Empire 2021	Est. copies ≈ 78k–126k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $427k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $777k–$1.8M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SportsWrestling
WWE 2K20 2019	Est. copies ≈ 168k–273k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
WWE 2K22 2022	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationSports
WWE 2K19 2018	Est. copies ≈ 113k–184k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsWrestling
WWE 2K24 2024	Est. copies ≈ 197k–320k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship 2017	Est. copies ≈ 539k–876k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.3M before the cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Fire Pro Wrestling World 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–186k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $945k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before the cut	$29.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSports