FADE predicts Steam near $500m in revenue for 2011's first half

Analyst firm Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE), has reported their prediction for Valve’s Steam platform and say they reached $468m by June.

That’s revenue for the first half of 2011. FADE believe Portal 2 led strong growth clearing $56.4m through 1.1m units. Magicka hit 789k units worth $6.2m.

Valve is notoriously secretive when it comes to Steam sales figures and so FADE’s predictions must be taken with a pinch of salt. The predicted revenue of $468 million this year is up from their prediction of $329 million for the previous year of the same period.

Below is FADE’s estimated top 10 Steam titles (1st half, 2011):

1. Portal 2 (Valve)

1,128,000 Units Sold ($56.4 Million USD)

1. Magicka (Paradox Interactive)

789,000 Units Sold ($6.2 Million USD)

1. Terraria (Re-Logic)

580,000 Units Sold ($5.8 Million USD)

1. Counter-Strike (Valve)

399,000 Units Sold ($2.7 Million USD)

1. Total War: Shogun 2 (SEGA)

326,000 Units Sold ($15.1 Million USD)

1. Monday Night Combat (Uber Entertainment)

264,000 Units Sold ($2.9 Million USD)

1. Brink (Bethesda Softworks)

256,000 Units Sold ($13.5 Million USD)

1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Electronic Arts)

250,000 Units Sold ($4.2 Million USD)

1. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (THQ)

224,000 Units Sold ($13.0 Million USD)

1. Borderlands (2K Games)

204,000 Units Sold ($1.6 Million USD)