How much revenue did X-COM: Terror From the Deep make?

An estimated 67k to 179k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did X-COM: Terror From the Deep sell?

Q: How many copies did X-COM: Terror From the Deep sell?

An estimated 48k to 79k copies, based on its 932 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 48k–79k; $67k–$179k net $121k–$275k gross; from 932 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 X-COM: Terror From the Deep out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including X-COM: Terror From the Deep's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.6M–15.7M

best case 27.0M (The Forest)

The Singleplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 7.7M copies.

A typical game

≈ 7.7M copies

≈ $143.6M after Steam's cut

from ~199k reviews

Best case

≈ 27.0M copies

The Forest · ≈ $208.6M after Steam's cut

from 677k 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 Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2010 to 2024, 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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