How much revenue did A Short Hike make?

$1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A Short Hike sell?

Q: How many copies did A Short Hike sell?

644k to 1.0M copies, based on its 22k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 644k–1.0M; $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before the cut; from 22k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left A Short Hike out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Short Hike's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.4M–9.3M

best case 36.0M (ELDEN RING)

The Open World genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

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

A typical game

≈ 6.4M–9.3M copies

≈ $37.0M–$72.1M after Steam's cut

from ~195k reviews

Best case

≈ 27.5M–44.6M copies

ELDEN RING · ≈ $453.0M–$1218.0M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (4 of 8) and Simulation (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Dark Fantasy, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry RPG + Souls-like + Dark Fantasy; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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