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How many copies did A Plague Tale: Innocence sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 2.1M–3.3M
$22.6M–$60.8M after Steam's cut $41.1M–$93.6M before the cut
from 71k 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 A Plague Tale: Innocence out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Plague Tale: Innocence's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.2M–23.7M
best case 27.8M (Baldur's Gate 3)
Games like A Plague Tale: Innocence

The middle of these games

≈ 8.2M–23.7M copies

≈ $173.4M–$312.5M after Steam's cut

from ~312k 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: Baldur's Gate 3 at ≈ 21.2M–34.4M copies, ≈ $349.3M–$939.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Third Person (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Character Customization + Choices Matter, priced around $60.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 to 2023, 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Baldur's Gate 3
2023
Est. copies
≈ 21.2M–34.4M
2.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
$349.3M–$939.1M after Steam's cut $635.1M–$1444.8M before the cut
$59.99
854k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
RPGCharacter Customization
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
2018
Est. copies
≈ 5.7M–9.3M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$94.2M–$253.2M after Steam's cut $171.3M–$389.6M before the cut
$59.99
188k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldRPG
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
2016
Est. copies
≈ 15.6M–25.4M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$172.0M–$462.5M after Steam's cut $312.8M–$711.6M before the cut
$39.99
376k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldRPG
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
2019
Est. copies
≈ 10.2M–16.6M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$168.6M–$453.2M after Steam's cut $306.5M–$697.3M before the cut
$59.99
355k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Souls-likeDifficult
Tomb Raider Game of the Year
2013
Est. copies
≈ 17.0M–27.6M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$93.5M–$251.3M after Steam's cut $169.9M–$386.6M before the cut
$19.99
269k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
AdventureAction
Dying Light
2015
Est. copies
≈ 24.1M–39.2M
1.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$165.8M–$445.8M after Steam's cut $301.5M–$685.8M before the cut
$24.99
494k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ZombiesSurvival Horror
Far Cry® 5
2018
Est. copies
≈ 5.7M–9.3M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$94.6M–$254.3M after Steam's cut $171.9M–$391.2M before the cut
$59.99
189k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldAction-Adventure
Rise of the Tomb Raider™
2016
Est. copies
≈ 6.5M–10.5M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$53.2M–$143.0M after Steam's cut $96.7M–$220.1M before the cut
$29.99
155k reviews
Very Positive
AdventureAction

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