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 416 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–$59k before Steam's cut; from 416 reviews (Very 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 Hands of Necromancy and predicted how it would do from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Hands of Necromancy's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–5.2M

best case 8.0M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Hands of Necromancy

A typical game among these

≈ 1.7M–5.2M copies

≈ $8.6M–$50.9M after Steam's cut

from ~29k reviews

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

All 3 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.1M–9.9M copies, ≈ $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (3 of 3) and Boomer Shooter (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games 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 ≈ 6.1M–9.9M 8.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut $91.2M–$207.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	245k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
DUSK 2018	Est. copies ≈ 778k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.8M–$17.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
DOOM + DOOM II 2007	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.6M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$20.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	29k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSClassic