How much revenue did NETGHOST make?

$354–$952 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did NETGHOST sell?

Q: How many copies did NETGHOST sell?

99 to 161 copies, based on its 4 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 99–161; $354–$952 after Steam's cut $643–$1k before Steam's cut; from 4 reviews (4 user reviews); Only 4 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 NETGHOST and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including NETGHOST's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 441–8k

best case 1.7M (Hacknet)

Games like NETGHOST

A typical game among these

≈ 441–8k copies

≈ $790–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~18 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Hacknet at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Visual Novel (7 of 8) and Hacking (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hacking + Simulation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Hack the Core 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	45 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie
Invisible Apartment 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k 23x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	412 reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayAnime
Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 1453x 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
Invisible Apartment Zero 2015	Est. copies ≈ 830–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $911–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$3.99	17 reviews Mixed	AdventureVisual Novel
Invisible Apartment 2 2015	Est. copies ≈ 390–634 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $428–$1k after Steam's cut $778–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	AdventureIndie
CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare- 2018	Est. copies ≈ 578–939 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$9.99	19 reviews Positive	ProgrammingInvestigation
Sylvarcon 2049: Chain of Custody 2022	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	7 reviews 7 user reviews	AdventureVisual Novel
Code.Breaker() 2024	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $204–$550 after Steam's cut $370–$846 before Steam's cut	$9.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Visual NovelCyberpunk