How much revenue did Resident Evil 2 make?

$70.1M–$188.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Resident Evil 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Resident Evil 2 sell?

6.4M to 10.4M copies, based on its 221k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6.4M–10.4M; $70.1M–$188.4M after Steam's cut $127.4M–$289.8M before the cut; from 221k 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 Resident Evil 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Resident Evil 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11.7M–28.3M

best case 87.5M (Left 4 Dead 2)

Games like Resident Evil 2

The middle of these games

≈ 11.7M–28.3M copies

≈ $156.0M–$313.8M after Steam's cut

from ~434k 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: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 66.7M–108.4M copies, ≈ $183.2M–$492.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (6 of 8) and Open World (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 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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Resident Evil 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6.8M–11.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $74.9M–$201.3M after Steam's cut $136.1M–$309.7M before the cut	$39.99	275k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction
Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 66.7M–108.4M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $183.2M–$492.6M after Steam's cut $333.1M–$757.9M before the cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $122.7M–$330.0M after Steam's cut $223.1M–$507.7M before the cut	$44.99	400k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
DOOM 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.6M–$136.0M after Steam's cut $92.0M–$209.3M before the cut	$19.99	221k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSGore
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
DayZ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's cut $356.0M–$809.9M before the cut	$49.99	469k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Hunt: Showdown 1896 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8.0M–13.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $87.8M–$236.2M after Steam's cut $159.7M–$363.4M before the cut	$39.99	277k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldExtraction Shooter
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 1.6x vs typical 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