How much revenue did Anonymous Hacker Simulator make?

$108k–$290k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Anonymous Hacker Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Anonymous Hacker Simulator sell?

20k to 32k copies, based on its 792 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–32k; $108k–$290k after Steam's cut $196k–$447k before Steam's cut; from 792 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 Anonymous Hacker Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Anonymous Hacker Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–63k

best case 1.7M (Hacknet)

Games like Anonymous Hacker Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–63k copies

≈ $10k–$251k after Steam's cut

from ~368 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hacknet at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 32 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 104.

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 (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hacking + Simulation, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Choices Matter + Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Mainlining 2017	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $45k–$122k after Steam's cut $82k–$187k before Steam's cut	$12.99	368 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieHacking
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
Project DeepWeb 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$7.99	138 reviews Very Positive	Simulation Puzzle
Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 71x 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
Hacker Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $218k–$587k after Steam's cut $397k–$902k before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	HackingSimulation
Grey Hack 2017	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $355k–$955k after Steam's cut $646k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
Hacker Evolution 2010	Est. copies ≈ 66k–108k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $55k–$147k after Steam's cut $99k–$226k before Steam's cut	$2.99	1k reviews Mixed	SimulationHacking
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