How much revenue did Hacker's Beat make?

$8k–$22k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hacker's Beat sell?

Q: How many copies did Hacker's Beat sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 60 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$33k before Steam's cut; from 60 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 Hacker's Beat and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hacker's Beat's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 302k–848k

best case 3.2M (A Dance of Fire and Ice)

Games like Hacker's Beat

A typical game among these

≈ 302k–848k copies

≈ $1.3M–$5.5M 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: A Dance of Fire and Ice at ≈ 2.4M–3.9M copies, ≈ $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (8 of 8) and Rhythm (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Music, priced around $6.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 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 79 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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AudioSurf 2008	Est. copies ≈ 702k–1.1M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MusicRhythm
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 590k–959k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.2M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.5M before Steam's cut	$39.39	24k reviews Very Positive	RhythmAnime
A Dance of Fire and Ice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	84k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill 2013	Est. copies ≈ 260k–423k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	TypingOn-Rails Shooter
Audiosurf 2 2015	Est. copies ≈ 295k–480k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
Rhythmic Keyboard 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$109 after Steam's cut $75–$168 before Steam's cut	$5.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	RhythmCasual
Intralism 2016	Est. copies ≈ 201k–326k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $165k–$444k after Steam's cut $300k–$682k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
Chimpology 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$1.99	123 reviews Very Positive	TypingArcade