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How many copies did The Spy Who Shrunk Me sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 4k–6k
$10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before the cut
from 123 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left The Spy Who Shrunk Me out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Spy Who Shrunk Me's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.3M–9.6M
best case 124.1M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)
Games like The Spy Who Shrunk Me

The middle of these games

≈ 5.3M–9.6M copies

≈ $47.4M–$83.9M after Steam's cut

from ~123k 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: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 94.5M–153.6M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on FPS (6 of 8) and First-Person (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with FPS, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Survival + Battle Royale; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2012 to 2020, 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

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
2017
Est. copies
≈ 94.5M–153.6M
22x vs typical
SteamSpy 100M–200M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
2.7M reviews
Mixed
SurvivalShooter
Metro 2033 Redux
2014
Est. copies
≈ 7.9M–12.8M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$43.3M–$116.4M after Steam's cut $78.7M–$179.1M before the cut
$19.99
141k reviews
Very Positive
Post-apocalypticFPS
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
2017
Est. copies
≈ 3.9M–6.3M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$53.3M–$143.2M after Steam's cut $96.8M–$220.3M before the cut
$49.99
113k reviews
Mostly Positive
Open WorldShooter
Dishonored
2012
Est. copies
≈ 5.6M–9.0M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$15.3M–$41.1M after Steam's cut $27.8M–$63.3M before the cut
$9.99
88k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
StealthFirst-Person
Far Cry 3
2012
Est. copies
≈ 8.4M–13.7M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$46.2M–$124.3M after Steam's cut $84.1M–$191.2M before the cut
$19.99
133k reviews
Very Positive
Open WorldFPS
Metro Exodus
2020
Est. copies
≈ 3.4M–5.5M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$27.7M–$74.4M after Steam's cut $50.3M–$114.5M before the cut
$29.99
135k reviews
Very Positive
Post-apocalypticFPS
PAYDAY 2
2013
Est. copies
≈ 42.6M–69.2M
5.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
$117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut $212.8M–$484.2M before the cut
$9.99
674k reviews
Very Positive
Co-opAction
Metro: Last Light Redux
2014
Est. copies
≈ 4.6M–7.4M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$25.0M–$67.3M after Steam's cut $45.5M–$103.5M before the cut
$19.99
81k reviews
Very Positive
Post-apocalypticFPS

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