How many copies did Viking Hiking sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 127 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Viking Hiking make?

Viking Hiking is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Viking Hiking?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 3k–5k; from 127 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 Viking Hiking and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Viking Hiking's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 63k–197k

best case 2.4M (A Hat in Time)

Games like Viking Hiking

A typical game among these

≈ 63k–197k copies

≈ $132k–$1.5M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: A Hat in Time at ≈ 1.8M–3.0M copies, ≈ $15.2M–$40.8M 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 510 reviews in their first month; the range was 176 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 3D Platformer (8 of 8) and Collectathon (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 3D Platformer + Collectathon, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Female Protagonist + Funny; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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
A Hat in Time 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $15.2M–$40.8M after Steam's cut $27.6M–$62.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	54k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Cute3D Platformer
Yooka-Laylee 2017	Est. copies ≈ 186k–302k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	3D PlatformerCollectathon
Pumpkin Jack 2020	Est. copies ≈ 244k–396k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.4M after Steam's cut $3.7M–$8.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	10k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction
Squirrel with a Gun 2024	Est. copies ≈ 98k–160k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $541k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $983k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ActionSimulation
Super Kiwi 64 2022	Est. copies ≈ 51k–82k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $42k–$112k after Steam's cut $76k–$172k before Steam's cut	$2.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	3D Platformer1990's
Snake Pass 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $632k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	3D PlatformerIndie
Corn Kidz 64 2023	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $87k–$234k after Steam's cut $158k–$359k before Steam's cut	$6.99	2k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerRetro
Orbo's Odyssey 2023	Est. copies ≈ 41k–66k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $56k–$150k after Steam's cut $102k–$231k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	3D PlatformerComedy