How much revenue did BioShock™ make?

$11.2M–$30.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BioShock™ sell?

Q: How many copies did BioShock™ sell?

2.0M to 3.3M copies, based on its 32k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.0M–3.3M; $11.2M–$30.0M after Steam's cut $20.3M–$46.2M before the cut; from 32k 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 BioShock™ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BioShock™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 27.4M–35.5M

best case 40.4M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like BioShock™

The middle of these games

≈ 27.4M–35.5M copies

≈ $179.5M–$520.8M after Steam's cut

from ~731k 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: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 30.8M–50.0M copies, ≈ $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and First-Person (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2022, 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).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.4M–47.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut $147.0M–$334.4M before the cut	$9.99	466k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30.8M–50.0M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before the cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
Red Dead Redemption 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 26.2M–42.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $432.5M–$1162.8M after Steam's cut $786.3M–$1788.9M before the cut	$59.99	910k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldStory Rich
Fallout 4 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.9M–34.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.9M–$308.8M after Steam's cut $208.9M–$475.1M before the cut	$19.99	428k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldPost-apocalyptic
Cyberpunk 2077 2020	Est. copies ≈ 24.2M–39.3M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $399.0M–$1072.8M after Steam's cut $725.5M–$1650.4M before the cut	$59.99	975k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkOpen World
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.1M–39.2M 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
Call of Duty® 2022	Est. copies ≈ 19.4M–31.5M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	781k reviews Mixed	FPSMultiplayer