How much revenue did theHunter Classic make?

theHunter Classic is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did theHunter Classic sell?

Q: How many copies did theHunter Classic sell?

2.5M to 4.1M copies, based on its 45k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.5M–4.1M; from 45k reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 265k–362k

best case 10.6M (Hunt: Showdown 1896)

Games like theHunter Classic

A typical game among these

≈ 265k–362k copies

≈ $1.6M–$2.7M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Hunt: Showdown 1896 at ≈ 8.0M–13.1M copies, ≈ $66.3M–$178.3M 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 Open World (5 of 8) and Hunting (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Extraction Shooter, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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
Hunt: Showdown 1896 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8.0M–13.1M 46x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $66.3M–$178.3M after Steam's cut $120.6M–$274.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	279k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldExtraction Shooter
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.6M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $32.6M–$87.7M after Steam's cut $59.3M–$134.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	122k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursSurvival
Call of the Wild: The Angler™ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 189k–307k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	8k reviews Mixed	FishingSimulation
Rising World 2014	Est. copies ≈ 337k–548k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftMining
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.4M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	203k reviews Very Positive	HuntingOpen World
Russian Fishing 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	91k reviews Mixed	FishingMultiplayer
BIGFOOT 2017	Est. copies ≈ 770k–1.3M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessHorror
Rake 2015	Est. copies ≈ 214k–348k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $294k–$790k after Steam's cut $534k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer