How much revenue did Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™ make?

$160k–$430k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™ sell?

Q: How many copies did Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™ sell?

58k to 95k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 58k–95k; $160k–$430k after Steam's cut $291k–$661k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™ and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–9k

best case 262k (Melody's Escape)

Games like Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–9k copies

≈ $9k–$66k after Steam's cut

from ~100 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: Melody's Escape at ≈ 200k–325k copies, ≈ $549k–$1.5M 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 36 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 329.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Music (7 of 8) and Rhythm (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Runner, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Moddable + Stylized; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2026, and 2 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 79 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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Runner3 2018	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $50k–$135k after Steam's cut $91k–$208k before Steam's cut	$19.99	301 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie
BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien 2013	Est. copies ≈ 195k–316k 31x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $802k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Rhythm Platformer
Melody's Escape 2016	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k 48x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $998k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Music-Based Procedural GenerationRhythm
Rhythm Journey 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$5.99	114 reviews Very Positive	IndieRhythm
Nebula Flow 2025	Est. copies ≈ 967–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut	$17.99	39 reviews Positive	IndieRhythm
Lost in Harmony 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$6.99	62 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual
JoJo Siwa: Worldwide Party 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	85 reviews Mixed	CasualRunner
Melody's Escape 2 2026	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $36k–$96k after Steam's cut $65k–$148k before Steam's cut	$14.99	350 reviews Very Positive	Music-Based Procedural GenerationRhythm