How much revenue did Borderlands Game of the Year make?

An estimated 6.3M to 16.9M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Borderlands Game of the Year sell?

Q: How many copies did Borderlands Game of the Year sell?

An estimated 764k to 1.2M copies, based on its 32k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 764k–1.2M; $6.3M–$16.9M net $11.5M–$26.1M gross; 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 Borderlands Game of the Year out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Borderlands Game of the Year's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11.2M–30.5M

best case 45.9M (PAYDAY 2)

The Co-op lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 23.1M copies.

A typical game

≈ 23.1M copies

≈ $151.6M after Steam's cut

from ~471k reviews

Best case

≈ 45.9M copies

PAYDAY 2 · ≈ $177.4M after Steam's cut

from 673k 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 Co-op + Action, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2021, 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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