How much revenue did ZomDay make?

$57k–$153k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ZomDay sell?

Q: How many copies did ZomDay sell?

21k to 34k copies, based on its 834 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 21k–34k; $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before the cut; from 834 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 ZomDay out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ZomDay's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 138k–711k

best case 5.7M (Resident Evil 7 Biohazard)

Games like ZomDay

The middle of these games

≈ 138k–711k copies

≈ $1.1M–$7.8M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard at ≈ 4.3M–7.1M copies, ≈ $23.9M–$64.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 967 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 619 to 38k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (8 of 8) and Zombies (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.1M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.9M–$64.1M after Steam's cut $43.4M–$98.7M before the cut	$19.99	126k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Arizona Sunshine® VR Legacy 2016	Est. copies ≈ 387k–629k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before the cut	$14.99	9k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionVR
Hellsplit: Arena 2019	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $783k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
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The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners 2020	Est. copies ≈ 250k–406k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before the cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	VRZombies
Pavlov 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.9M–$18.6M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.6M before the cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	VRShooter
After the Fall® 2021	Est. copies ≈ 77k–126k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $426k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $774k–$1.8M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	VRCo-op
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