How much revenue did Half-Life make?

An estimated 23.2M to 62.3M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Half-Life sell?

Q: How many copies did Half-Life sell?

An estimated 8.4M to 13.7M copies, based on its 162k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8.4M–13.7M; $23.2M–$62.3M net $42.1M–$95.8M gross; from 162k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Half-Life out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Half-Life's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.7M–14.5M

best case 18.8M (Half-Life 2)

The Action lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 10.7M copies.

A typical game

≈ 10.7M copies

≈ $68.6M after Steam's cut

from ~209k reviews

Best case

≈ 18.8M copies

Half-Life 2 · ≈ $72.6M after Steam's cut

from 275k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with FPS + Action, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2000 to 2020, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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