How much revenue did Hacky make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hacky sell?

Q: How many copies did Hacky sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 102 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut; from 102 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 Hacky and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hacky's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 84k–137k

best case 1.7M (Hacknet)

Games like Hacky

A typical game among these

≈ 84k–137k copies

≈ $343k–$867k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

7 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 104 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 357.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hacking (7 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hacking + Simulation, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Story Rich + Great Soundtrack + Choices Matter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2024, and 2 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
Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 12x 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
Grey Hack 2017	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k 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 SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $55k–$147k after Steam's cut $99k–$226k before Steam's cut	$2.99	1k reviews Mixed	SimulationHacking
Hacker Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $218k–$587k after Steam's cut $397k–$902k before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	HackingSimulation
Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $175k–$471k after Steam's cut $318k–$724k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessTyping
Uplink 2006	Est. copies ≈ 154k–251k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $508k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $924k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	HackingIndie
Duskers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $645k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTyping
CTRL Phreak 2024	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $885–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	26 reviews Positive	HackingSimulation