How much revenue did Hands of Necromancy make?

$14k–$38k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hands of Necromancy sell?

Q: How many copies did Hands of Necromancy sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 414 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–17k; $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$58k before the cut; from 414 reviews (Very 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 Hands of Necromancy out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Hands of Necromancy's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–5.2M

best case 7.9M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Hands of Necromancy

The middle of these games

≈ 1.7M–5.2M copies

≈ $8.6M–$50.5M after Steam's cut

from ~29k reviews

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

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.0M–9.8M copies, ≈ $49.7M–$133.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (3 of 3) and Boomer Shooter (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2020, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.0M–9.8M 8.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.7M–$133.6M after Steam's cut $90.4M–$205.6M before the cut	$29.99	243k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
DUSK 2018	Est. copies ≈ 775k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.6M before the cut	$19.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
DOOM + DOOM II 2007	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.6M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$20.9M before the cut	$9.99	29k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSClassic