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 the cut; from 40 reviews (Mostly 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 Hyperglide out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hyperglide's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 76k–600k

best case 1.2M (X4: Foundations)

Games like Hyperglide

The middle of these games

≈ 76k–600k copies

≈ $589k–$7.0M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: X4: Foundations at ≈ 915k–1.5M copies, ≈ $12.6M–$33.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

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

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Flight (7 of 8) and Sandbox (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space Sim + Simulation, priced around $50.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of your 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).

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X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 915k–1.5M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.6M–$33.8M after Steam's cut $22.9M–$52.0M before the cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
SpaceEngine 2019	Est. copies ≈ 475k–773k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.2M before the cut	$29.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessOpen World
Flyout 2023	Est. copies ≈ 57k–92k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $311k–$836k after Steam's cut $566k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
Superflight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 398k–647k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $328k–$881k after Steam's cut $596k–$1.4M before the 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 ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $107k–$289k after Steam's cut $195k–$444k before the 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 the cut	$24.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	Massively MultiplayerOpen World
Transport Fever 2016	Est. copies ≈ 451k–733k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.4M before the cut	$29.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FlightCity Builder