How much revenue did BioShock® 2 make?

An estimated 4.3M to 11.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BioShock® 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did BioShock® 2 sell?

An estimated 775k to 1.3M copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 775k–1.3M; $4.3M–$11.5M net $7.7M–$17.6M gross; from 15k 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® 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BioShock® 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 33.6M–74.7M

best case 93.1M (Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege)

The Multiplayer lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 42.9M copies.

A typical game

≈ 42.9M copies

≈ $275.0M after Steam's cut

from ~977k reviews

Best case

≈ 93.1M copies

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

from 1.5M 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 FPS + PvP, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2006 to 2020, 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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