How much revenue did HANGMAN make?

$439–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did HANGMAN sell?

Q: How many copies did HANGMAN sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 56 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $439–$1k after Steam's cut $798–$2k before Steam's cut; from 56 reviews (Mostly Positive)

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 HANGMAN and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including HANGMAN's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–4k

best case 271k (Homicipher)

Games like HANGMAN

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–4k copies

≈ $2k–$5k after Steam's cut

from ~76 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Homicipher at ≈ 207k–336k copies, ≈ $796k–$2.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 3k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (7 of 8) and Word Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Multiple Endings, priced around $11. The breakout hits carry Multiple Endings + Otome + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: Only 3 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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LONGEYED PROJ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$4.99	103 reviews Mixed	Horror2D
Dark Notes 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$7.99	132 reviews Mostly Positive	Puzzle Horror
Homicipher 2024	Est. copies ≈ 207k–336k 110x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $796k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$13.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorOtome
HANGMAN II 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $284–$762 after Steam's cut $516–$1k before Steam's cut	$0.99	42 reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorCasual
Inkslinger 2021	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $920–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	27 reviews Positive	AdventureStory Rich
Confessions 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $978–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$2.99	48 reviews Positive	EmotionalCasual
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The Inn-Sanity 2025	Est. copies ≈ 41k–67k 22x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $90k–$243k after Steam's cut $164k–$374k before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAdventure