STALKER 2 passes important sales milestone

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  • 'Stalker 2' had already recorded a profit as of December 18, just a few weeks after its release.
  • GSC last said the game sold 1 million copies within 48 hours of hitting the market, but those sales may have doubled by now.
  • The game's budget would have been around $80 million.



Stalker 2: Heart of Cornobyl A senior GSC Game World official confirmed that it had made a profit. This important sales milestone was achieved in just a few weeks. stalker 2Release of .

The latest installment in GSC's immersive simulation series was released on November 20th. Two days later, stalker 2 The Ukrainian developer revealed in a social media post that it has already sold one million copies.

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The launch of STALKER 2 was so big in Ukraine that it caused an internet outage.

According to reports, the launch of STALKER 2 was so large in Ukraine that it overwhelmed local internet providers and caused service outages.

Two days before the first anniversary of the game's release, stalker 2 Maxim Krippa, owner of GSC, told Forbes Ukraine that investments are already in the green phase. He didn't provide up-to-date sales figures for the game, but did confirm that the project itself has a budget of “tens of millions of dollars.” GSC had about 400 employees as of the end of 2024, according to publicly available LinkedIn data. We are naively assuming that this head count has been consistent since 2018. stalker 2 Development has resumed. And using Glassdoor's estimate of the average Ukrainian game developer salary totaling $36,000 per year, the game's budget likely exceeded $80 million.



STALKER 2 may have already sold around 2 million copies.

Factoring in a 30% store footprint savings, GSC gets about $42 from each copy. stalker 2 The standard edition costs $59.99. Assuming an $80 million budget, the company would have needed to sell about 1.9 million units to break even. However, even if this budget estimate is accurate, the studio's break-even goal will likely be slightly lower, as some sales will undoubtedly include the higher-tier Deluxe and Ultimate Editions, which are priced at $79.99 and $109.99, respectively. The same goes for the fact that the game is also available on the Epic Games Store. This takes a low 12% revenue cut, but presumably represents a smaller portion of revenue.


STALKER’s future looks bright

Nonetheless, with Krippa now confirming that the project is already in the green phase, stalker 2 As of December 18, 2 million tickets had been sold at the ballpark. This strong commercial momentum is good news for fans of the series, as it increases the likelihood of other games being greenlit in the future.

The fact that GSC achieved a profit in less than a month is even more impressive for the following reasons: stalker 2 Released only on Xbox Series X/S and PC. A potential PlayStation port would almost be guaranteed to boost lifetime sales records. And while a PS5 version of the game hasn't been officially confirmed, court papers emerging from the Epic v Apple case in mid-2021 revealed that Microsoft only secured a three-month exclusivity period for the PS5 version. stalker 2. It's unclear if anything has changed since then, or if GSC is already actively developing a PS5 version of the game.

Sources: Glassdoor, Screen Rant

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