How many copies did Hats Are Not Allowed sell?

967 to 2k copies, based on its 39 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Hats Are Not Allowed make?

Hats Are Not Allowed is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Hats Are Not Allowed?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 967–2k; from 39 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 Hats Are Not Allowed and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hats Are Not Allowed's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–25k

best case 67k (First Cut: Samurai Duel)

Games like Hats Are Not Allowed

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–25k copies

≈ $9k–$107k after Steam's cut

from ~514 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: First Cut: Samurai Duel at ≈ 51k–84k copies, ≈ $127k–$342k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 44 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 530.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Fighter (7 of 8) and Arcade (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Side Scroller + Hack and Slash, priced around $9.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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
First Cut: Samurai Duel 2024	Est. copies ≈ 51k–84k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $127k–$342k after Steam's cut $231k–$525k before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerHack and Slash
Stardust Vanguards 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$3.99	120 reviews Mostly Positive	4 Player Local2D Fighter
Shing! 2020	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $66k–$177k after Steam's cut $120k–$273k before Steam's cut	$19.99	484 reviews Mostly Positive	Beat 'em upSide Scroller
Swords and Sandals 2 Redux 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before Steam's cut	$9.99	584 reviews Mostly Positive	2D FighterTurn-Based Combat
Bleak Sword DX 2023	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $48k–$129k after Steam's cut $87k–$199k before Steam's cut	$9.99	705 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeHack and Slash
Armed with Wings: Rearmed 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before Steam's cut	$9.99	543 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Skull Head World 2020	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $163–$439 after Steam's cut $297–$676 before Steam's cut	$3.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	ActionArcade
End of Knights 2023	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $530–$1k after Steam's cut $964–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	26 reviews Positive	Hack and SlashDifficult