How much revenue did Saints Row 2 make?

$3.8M–$10.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Saints Row 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Saints Row 2 sell?

1.4M to 2.2M copies, based on its 22k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.4M–2.2M; $3.8M–$10.1M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.6M before the cut; from 22k 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 Saints Row 2 out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Saints Row 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.6M–6.1M

best case 26.4M (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)

Games like Saints Row 2

The middle of these games

≈ 4.6M–6.1M copies

≈ $31.0M–$44.7M after Steam's cut

from ~78k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 5 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim at ≈ 20.1M–32.6M copies, ≈ $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 5) and Sandbox (3 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry RPG + Fantasy + Dragons; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 1 of your 5 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Saints Row: The Third 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before the cut	$9.99	70k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldAction
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011	Est. copies ≈ 20.1M–32.6M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $110.4M–$296.8M after Steam's cut $200.7M–$456.6M before the cut	$19.99	318k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldRPG
Enshrouded 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.5M–$57.7M after Steam's cut $39.0M–$88.8M before the cut	$29.99	105k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $27.0M–$72.5M after Steam's cut $49.0M–$111.5M before the cut	$19.99	78k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7.3M–11.9M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $101.0M–$271.6M after Steam's cut $183.7M–$417.9M before the cut	$49.99	296k reviews Very Positive	MedievalStrategy