How much revenue did Yet Another Zombie Defense HD make?

$137k–$369k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Yet Another Zombie Defense HD sell?

Q: How many copies did Yet Another Zombie Defense HD sell?

125k to 203k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 125k–203k; $137k–$369k after Steam's cut $250k–$568k before the cut; from 4k reviews (Very 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 Yet Another Zombie Defense HD out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Yet Another Zombie Defense HD's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–42k

best case 156k (Ultimate Zombie Defense)

Games like Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

The middle of these games

≈ 6k–42k copies

≈ $16k–$160k after Steam's cut

from ~380 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Ultimate Zombie Defense at ≈ 119k–193k copies, ≈ $163k–$438k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 38 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 15 to 320.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Zombies (8 of 8) and Tower Defense (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Tower Defense, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2022, 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 31 for the most recent game here to about 70 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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Ultimate Zombie Defense 2020	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $163k–$438k after Steam's cut $296k–$673k before the cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual
Slaycation Paradise 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$79k before the cut	$14.99	188 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionShooter
Deadstone 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before the cut	$7.99	70 reviews Very Positive	ActionRPG
Guns n Zombies 2014	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $120k–$323k after Steam's cut $218k–$497k before the cut	$7.99	976 reviews Mixed	ActionZombies
Zombo Buster Advance 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before the cut	$4.99	248 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
VERSUS SQUAD 2016	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $53k–$144k after Steam's cut $97k–$221k before the cut	$7.99	584 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionGore
Zombie Builder Defense 2018	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	511 reviews Mixed	ActionZombies
Zombie Apocalypse - The Last Defense 2022	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $122–$326 after Steam's cut $221–$502 before the cut	$0.99	18 reviews Positive	Tower DefenseZombies