How much revenue did HARDDRIVE make?

$239–$640 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did HARDDRIVE sell?

Q: How many copies did HARDDRIVE sell?

174 to 282 copies, based on its 7 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174–282; $239–$640 after Steam's cut $434–$985 before Steam's cut; from 7 reviews (7 user reviews); Only 7 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 95k–122k

best case 132k (TEVI)

Games like HARDDRIVE

A typical game among these

≈ 95k–122k copies

≈ $731k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: TEVI at ≈ 101k–164k copies, ≈ $832k–$2.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 596 reviews in their first month; the range was 99 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action-Adventure (7 of 8) and Bullet Hell (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Anime, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 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 70 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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TEVI 2023	Est. copies ≈ 101k–164k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $832k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaAnime
Kitten Burst 2024	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $58k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$238k before Steam's cut	$19.99	422 reviews Very Positive	RacingFlight
Organ Quarter 2017	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $74k–$200k after Steam's cut $135k–$308k before Steam's cut	$24.99	315 reviews Very Positive	Survival Horror Psychological Horror
除邪(CHUXIE) 2024	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $46k–$124k after Steam's cut $84k–$191k before Steam's cut	$6.99	969 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureAction
Return to abyss 重返深渊 2023	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $33k–$90k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut	$4.99	980 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureAction
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Last Command 2022	Est. copies ≈ 61k–99k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $251k–$674k after Steam's cut $456k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction-Adventure