How much revenue did Hitman: Contracts make?

$512k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hitman: Contracts sell?

Q: How many copies did Hitman: Contracts sell?

207k to 337k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 207k–337k; $512k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $931k–$2.1M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Hitman: Contracts and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hitman: Contracts's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–2.2M

best case 6.3M (Assassin's Creed® Unity)

Games like Hitman: Contracts

A typical game among these

≈ 2.1M–2.2M copies

≈ $19.0M–$22.8M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Assassin's Creed® Unity at ≈ 4.8M–7.8M copies, ≈ $39.7M–$106.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Assassin (8 of 8) and Stealth (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Assassin + Stealth, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2022, 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
Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.3M–$25.0M after Steam's cut $16.9M–$38.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	27k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Assassin's Creed 2 2010	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.5M after Steam's cut $38.9M–$88.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	62k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Hitman: Absolution™ 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.6M after Steam's cut $40.3M–$91.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	64k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Assassin's Creed® Unity 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.8M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $39.7M–$106.8M after Steam's cut $72.2M–$164.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	86k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldParkour
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.4M–$35.9M after Steam's cut $24.3M–$55.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	AssassinOpen World
HITMAN World of Assassination 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.3M after Steam's cut $25.9M–$58.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	70k reviews Very Positive	StealthAssassin
HITMAN™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
HITMAN™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	75k reviews Very Positive	StealthAssassin