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The realistic ceiling for FPS games

Two honest reads of what FPS games do on Steam: the whole market from a systematic sample, and the games gathered here. Kept separate on purpose.

The market
A typical game sells
≈ 20k–50k copies
$56k–$140k net, est.
The top decile
≈ 500k–1M copies
$1.4M–$2.8M net, est.

Based on the 6244 FPS games SteamSpy lists, its visible subset, not the whole market. Owners are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The FPS games gathered on wishvane

Across the 482 FPS games compared here, a typical one runs ≈ 137k copies (est.), with Counter-Strike 2 the biggest at ≈ 662.5M. A small, self-selected sample, not the whole market.

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