How much revenue did Hyperglide make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hyperglide sell?

Q: How many copies did Hyperglide sell?

992 to 2k copies, based on its 40 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 992–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 40 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 Hyperglide and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hyperglide's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 76k–602k

best case 1.2M (X4: Foundations)

Games like Hyperglide

A typical game among these

≈ 76k–602k copies

≈ $591k–$7.1M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: X4: Foundations at ≈ 920k–1.5M copies, ≈ $12.7M–$34.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 562 reviews in their first month; the range was 460 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Flight (7 of 8) and Sandbox (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space Sim + Simulation, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 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
X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 920k–1.5M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.0M after Steam's cut $23.0M–$52.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
SpaceEngine 2019	Est. copies ≈ 480k–779k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.6M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessOpen World
Flyout 2023	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $313k–$842k after Steam's cut $569k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Superflight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 399k–648k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $328k–$881k after Steam's cut $596k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$2.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FlightIndie
Planet Nomads 2019	Est. copies ≈ 59k–95k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	Sci-fiProcedural Generation
Mini Airways - ATC simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 40k–64k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $109k–$293k after Steam's cut $198k–$450k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationStrategy
《蜀山：初章》买断版 2022	Est. copies ≈ 148k–241k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	Massively MultiplayerOpen World
Transport Fever 2016	Est. copies ≈ 452k–734k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FlightCity Builder