# Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

> Indie game profile, served by indielist (https://indielist.games). Sales estimate uses the white-box Boxleiter algorithm; numbers are approximate (±50%).

## Snapshot
- **Primary genre**: Strategy
- **Release year**: 2009
- **Release date**: May 5, 2009
- **Platforms**: mac, windows
- **Tags**: Tower Defense, Zombies, Strategy, Singleplayer, Casual, Classic, Great Soundtrack, 2D
- **Launch price**: $4.99 USD
- **Steam reviews**: 140,494
- **Positive review %**: 98%
- **Steam app**: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3590

## Developer
- **Studio**: [PopCap Games, Inc.](https://indielist.games/studios/popcap-games-inc)

## Publisher
- **Name**: [PopCap Games, Inc.](https://indielist.games/publishers/popcap-games-inc)

## Sales estimate (white-box, version v1.0)

- **Units (median)**: 9,834,580 (range 5,900,748 – 13,768,412)
- **Net revenue (median)**: $28,031,385 USD
- **Boxleiter NB used**: 70
- **Algorithm version**: v1.0

### NB breakdown
- `base`: +50
- `year_2009`: +30
- `price_$5`: -20
- `positive_98%`: +10

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Source: indielist (https://indielist.games/games/plants-vs-zombies-goty-edition)
Estimates are not official sales data. Methodology: docs/sales-algorithm.md. Always verify large numbers with official sources before citing.