It’s no secret that any sale Valve throws moves millions of units and rakes in tons of cash. Ever wondered what the specific numbers look like though? Wonder no more… Steam Spy has shared some statistics on the recent Steam Summer sale and, well, no wonder Gabe has dollar bills spilling out of his eyes!
Here’s an overview from Steam Spy’s Summer Sale statistics page (via Polygon):
Actual number of total copies sold during the sale is bigger than shown below, because many games sold less than 5,000 copies and weren’t accounted for!
Actual revenue might be vastly different from what is shown because:
1) There are many ways to obtain a game outside Steam;
2) Some games are sold in bundles, but displayed here separately;
3) Prices vary a lot depending on the country the buyer is from.
Games in this stats: 1186
Average userscore: 81.98%
Average metascore: 76.11%
Total copies sold: 38,394,895
Total revenue: $241,145,111
Average price: $5.69
Average discount: 66.92%
Steam Spy say the actual revenue number may be different from what is shown, but what difference does a few million dollars make when you’re cashing in nearly a quarter of a billion? That is crazy!
Keep in mind that the revenue isn’t the money Valve pockets – it gets split between them and the developers. Still, that’s a staggering amount of total money made considering the sale only lasted 10 days!
Steam Spy have a further breakdown of how each individual game sold and how much revenue they made. Can you guess which game sold best? Here are the top 10:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve’s very own shooter, now has almost 1 million extra people playing it. Total War titles also sold well, placing in 2nd and 3rd place. ARK, an indie title still in development, sold over 400,000 copies – those developers must be smiling from ear to ear!
As a matter of interest, I checked which game made the most revenue. It was Total War: Attila – pulling in $14,733,246! It “only” had a 33% discount, so it’s kind of surprising to see that it sold that well. Then again, ARK was discounted by 17%, and it sold well too.
There you have it. Valve made a lot of money, developers made a lot of money. Gamers? They got a bunch of new titles to add to their backlog. EVERYBODY WINS!
Last Updated: June 26, 2015
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 11:07
BUT SALS AM BAD BECOZ DEVIL.. DEVAL… DAVEL… MAK GAMZ LES!
LESS. NOT LES. NO GAY STUFF!
RinceThis
June 26, 2015 at 11:45
Hands Trevor pills…
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 12:49
I’m not crazy. They checked.
Skittle
June 26, 2015 at 11:09
Lets hope a lot of those new CS players are from SA
Aries
June 26, 2015 at 12:06
Bought mine
HairyEwok
June 26, 2015 at 12:31
Why? Yes the more players is good but if the servers can’t keep up like now then it’s futile
Jonah Cash
June 26, 2015 at 11:10
I didn’t buy 1 game, very proud of my first steam summer sale.
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 11:12
Me neither, but then I went & bought Terra Nova & Trine 3 on GOG last night haha.
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 11:14
I prefer GOG as well.
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 11:21
Now I miss the Terra Nova series on tv…
Jonah Cash
June 26, 2015 at 11:21
I still need to get Trine 3, but I first need to finish Witcher before I am buying anything else. With Witcher and Fifa my time is pretty much full.
Trevor Matrix
June 26, 2015 at 11:24
You like playing with balls I take it?
Aries
June 26, 2015 at 12:06
Never had time for Fifa in so long
Jonah Cash
June 26, 2015 at 13:34
I still play pretty much daily. Destiny took over for 6 months but I am off it since the House of Wolves.
Aries
June 26, 2015 at 13:40
I run a BF4 clan now, never knew how much time it takes, every night I’m on teamspeak, got alot of new players, between matches, practices and the witcher, there almost no time for it
Thinus Swart
June 26, 2015 at 11:26
What??! There’s a Trine 3?!!
*rips out wallet*
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 11:30
On sale now at GOG for the next 5 days
Pariah
June 26, 2015 at 11:34
It’s Early Access. Just a forewarning.
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 11:37
At least we know the people behind it know what they are doing 😛
Pariah
June 26, 2015 at 11:42
You are correct. But some people don’t like the “Early Access” part.
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 12:05
I have no beef with early access, there is usually a big warning sign that tells you to watch out. So if I burn my fingers I don’t blame others.
Pariah
June 26, 2015 at 12:08
Agreed. I already have 1 Early Access game (development is taking a while, but they’re active at least). I knew what I bought when I bought it.
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 12:09
ARK is also Early Access but I’m loving it to bits, the developers are working fast and usually on a good day we get 3 patches.
Pariah
June 26, 2015 at 12:16
Yeah I’ve been hovering my finger over the buy button for that game since it was released into the wild. Looks so damn good.
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 12:26
Got a beefy 800mb patch today again containing some big performance improvements, that game is gonna be beautiful when its finally optimized.
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 12:27
Still need to start my download
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 12:30
Yea me to, my cousin sent me a message this morning letting me know. Will fire up the download when I’m back from work.
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 12:37
I have a few MP game “meetings” to attend the weekend, so will be a while before I get into ARK decently
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 11:13
Same here (and I’m a sales veteran)
BOUGHT NOTHING, played Witcher and Planetside 2!
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 11:15
I caved and bought Dragonball Xenoverse…trying very hard to save up the money for a new GPU and PS4
Pariah
June 26, 2015 at 11:15
Glad I wasn’t the only one. Many of the games on my wishlist were on sale, but nothing said “buy me now”. So I didn’t.
Aries
June 26, 2015 at 12:05
All my games on my wishlist was on sale, only bought 1
Guild
June 26, 2015 at 11:32
My first one and I bought Max Payne 3, Witcher 1 and 2, One way Heroics, Don’t starve and XCOM collection 😛 all for about $31.14
RinceThis
June 26, 2015 at 11:46
$31?! PAH! I spend that on DLC! 0_O
Jonah Cash
June 26, 2015 at 13:35
Those are some long games! You will almost be sorted till the next summer sale 🙂
VampyreSquirrel
June 26, 2015 at 11:56
Neither did I
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 12:26
I bought 4.
Gifted one
Got one gifted to me.
EDIT: Bought many DLCs (don’t judge me they were all around $1 each)
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 11:14
I’m impressed with ARK’s sales!
Pariah
June 26, 2015 at 11:17
I was tempted as all hell to buy that. But I plan on buying it with or without a sale anyway. Maybe end of this month, we’ll see.
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 11:14
ARK more than doubled its total sales. That is good news indeed, best indie/early access game I have played this year.
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
June 26, 2015 at 11:14
Finally bought GTA5 after finishing Witcher 3…
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 11:16
W3 ends?! O_O SPOILER ALERT, DUDE!
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 11:19
LALALALALALLAAAAAAAAAAAAALLAALALALALALALAAAAAAA I CAN’T HEAR YOU LALALLALALALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
June 26, 2015 at 11:20
lol! Well I finished all the quests really… Finished all the challenge things. Leaving some ? there to go back to when I feel like it, but I feel like I have gotten all I will out of it for now. Probably going to start it again on the hardest difficulty or something.
Mossel
June 26, 2015 at 12:13
He’s bluffing. It’s to make is believe there is life after W3.
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 11:18
You’re playing it wrong 😛
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 11:18
^This
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 11:18
http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/consume-art-famous-people-2210856.png
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
June 26, 2015 at 11:19
Whaa?!
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 11:20
We’re all consumers. Watch the movie They Live with Rowdy Roddy Piper.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
June 26, 2015 at 11:21
Will do! But that image is quite…intriguing….
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 26, 2015 at 11:22
😀
Hammersteyn
June 26, 2015 at 11:28
Yes hahaha
Admiral Chief's Adventure
June 26, 2015 at 11:19
OBAMA?
hairyknees
June 26, 2015 at 11:30
o MOBA? :O!
Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost
June 26, 2015 at 11:30
I had no money to spend so I lost out.
http://media1.giphy.com/media/BfID0O1Qwzf8I/giphy.gif
HvR
June 26, 2015 at 11:32
Credit Card companies and banks are making a lot of money
Ottokie
June 26, 2015 at 12:07
And lets not forget about the money from people having to buy a new mouse thanks to this mini game
Captain JJ Browmehn
June 26, 2015 at 12:25
ARK was only 17% off and look how well it did!
sigma7
July 2, 2015 at 10:28
Good to see Total War ATTILA doing good.