How much revenue did Time Hacker make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Time Hacker sell?

Q: How many copies did Time Hacker sell?

868 to 1k copies, based on its 35 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 868–1k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut; from 35 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 Time Hacker and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Time Hacker's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–270k

best case 2.2M (SUPERHOT)

Games like Time Hacker

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–270k copies

≈ $164k–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SUPERHOT at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies, ≈ $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 364 reviews in their first month; the range was 63 to 779.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (7 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Bullet Time, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2023, and none of them 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 52 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
Bullet Sorrow VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$215k before Steam's cut	$19.99	275 reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
HARD BULLET 2020	Est. copies ≈ 163k–264k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $894k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	VRGore
BattleGroupVR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 24k–38k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $162k–$435k after Steam's cut $294k–$670k before Steam's cut	$24.99	950 reviews Very Positive	Space SimSpace
Espire 1: VR Operative 2019	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $92k–$248k after Steam's cut $168k–$381k before Steam's cut	$19.99	582 reviews Mixed	3D PlatformerVR
SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
SUPERHOT VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 334k–543k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	VRShooter
Pistol Whip 2019	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
A-Tech Cybernetic VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $80k–$214k after Steam's cut $145k–$329k before Steam's cut	$14.99	778 reviews Mixed	VRSci-fi