How much revenue did DreadOut 2 make?

$285k–$767k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DreadOut 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did DreadOut 2 sell?

52k to 84k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 52k–84k; $285k–$767k after Steam's cut $519k–$1.2M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly 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 DreadOut 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DreadOut 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11.6M–25.0M

best case 27.2M (The Forest)

Games like DreadOut 2

The middle of these games

≈ 11.6M–25.0M copies

≈ $165.3M–$281.8M after Steam's cut

from ~424k 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: The Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 42k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 14k to 178k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (7 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.8M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.0M–$174.9M after Steam's cut $118.2M–$269.0M before the cut	$29.99	318k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
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
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.5M–18.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.0M–$255.4M after Steam's cut $172.7M–$393.0M before the cut	$29.99	379k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Resident Evil Village 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M too small to compare SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.8M–$112.3M after Steam's cut $76.0M–$172.8M before the cut	$39.99	153k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Horror
Metro Exodus 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M too small to compare SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.7M–$74.4M after Steam's cut $50.3M–$114.5M before the cut	$29.99	135k reviews Very Positive	Post-apocalypticFPS
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