How much revenue did The Mountain Hunting make?

$782–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Mountain Hunting sell?

Q: How many copies did The Mountain Hunting sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $782–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 23 reviews (Mixed)

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 The Mountain Hunting and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Mountain Hunting's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–60k

best case 3.3M (theHunter Classic)

Games like The Mountain Hunting

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–60k copies

≈ $65k–$324k after Steam's cut

from ~386 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: theHunter Classic at ≈ 2.5M–4.1M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 135 reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hunting + Open World. The breakout hits carry Free to Play + Shooter + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, 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 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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Euro Fishing 2015	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $368k–$990k after Steam's cut $670k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mixed	FishingSimulation
theHunter Classic 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.1M 116x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	45k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayHunting
Hunting Unlimited 2010 2009	Est. copies ≈ 24k–40k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $67k–$180k after Steam's cut $122k–$277k before Steam's cut	$9.99	386 reviews Very Positive	SimulationSports
The Catch: Carp & Coarse Fishing 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $39k–$104k after Steam's cut $70k–$159k before Steam's cut	$14.99	377 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsCasual
Deer Hunting - The Season 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut	$7.99	130 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAdventure
Depth Hunter 2: Deep Dive 2014	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $152k–$408k after Steam's cut $276k–$628k before Steam's cut	$9.99	987 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationUnderwater
Virtual Hunter 2025	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $32k–$87k after Steam's cut $59k–$133k before Steam's cut	$24.99	189 reviews Mostly Positive	VRHunting
Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour 2018	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $200k–$536k after Steam's cut $363k–$825k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFishing