How much revenue did World of Haiku make?

World of Haiku is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did World of Haiku sell?

Q: How many copies did World of Haiku sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 146 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; from 146 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 World of Haiku and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including World of Haiku's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–85k

best case 1.7M (Hacknet)

Games like World of Haiku

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–85k copies

≈ $6k–$239k after Steam's cut

from ~174 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: Hacknet at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 14 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 45.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hacking (8 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hacking + Simulation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 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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Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 151x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	26k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
Hacky 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$4.99	102 reviews Very Positive	HackingTyping
CHAQS 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$15k before Steam's cut	$9.90	52 reviews Mostly Positive	TypingHacking