How much revenue did Hijack Overdrive make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hijack Overdrive sell?

Q: How many copies did Hijack Overdrive sell?

397 to 645 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397–645; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut; from 16 reviews (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 Hijack Overdrive and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hijack Overdrive's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34k–45k

best case 356k (Deepest Sword)

Games like Hijack Overdrive

A typical game among these

≈ 34k–45k copies

≈ $216k–$386k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Deepest Sword at ≈ 271k–441k copies. 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 731 reviews in their first month; the range was 143 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (8 of 8) and Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2D Platformer + Side Scroller. The breakout hits carry Puzzle-Platformer + Free to Play + Precision Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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BLADECHIMERA 2025	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $151k–$407k after Steam's cut $275k–$626k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
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