How much revenue did Hockey Manager 20|20 make?

$13k–$34k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hockey Manager 20|20 sell?

Q: How many copies did Hockey Manager 20|20 sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 93 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before Steam's cut; from 93 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Hockey Manager 20|20 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hockey Manager 20|20's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–9k

best case 89k (Eastside Hockey Manager)

Games like Hockey Manager 20|20

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–9k copies

≈ $7k–$73k after Steam's cut

from ~179 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Eastside Hockey Manager at ≈ 68k–110k copies, ≈ $372k–$1.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 15 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 73.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Management (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hockey + Sports, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Hockey Legacy Manager 25 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$8.99	72 reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
Hockey Legacy Manager 24 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$8.99	43 reviews Positive	SportsSimulation
Franchise Hockey Manager 6 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $53k–$142k after Steam's cut $96k–$218k before Steam's cut	$19.99	333 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsStrategy
Franchise Hockey Manager 7 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $35k–$94k after Steam's cut $63k–$144k before Steam's cut	$19.99	256 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySports
Eastside Hockey Manager 2015	Est. copies ≈ 68k–110k 7.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $372k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $677k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	HockeySports
Franchise Hockey Manager 8 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$74k after Steam's cut $50k–$114k before Steam's cut	$19.99	203 reviews Very Positive	SportsStrategy
Franchise Hockey Manager 5 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$106k before Steam's cut	$19.99	154 reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
MBHL20 2020	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $476–$1k after Steam's cut $866–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	14 reviews Mixed	SportsAction