How much revenue did Hacknet make?

$3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hacknet sell?

Q: How many copies did Hacknet sell?

1.3M to 2.1M copies, based on its 26k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.1M; $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before Steam's cut; from 26k 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 Hacknet and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hacknet's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 107k–214k

best case 188k (Turing Complete)

Games like Hacknet

A typical game among these

≈ 107k–214k copies

≈ $698k–$1.3M 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: Turing Complete at ≈ 144k–233k copies, ≈ $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Programming (7 of 8) and Hacking (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Logic, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2021, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SHENZHEN I/O 2016	Est. copies ≈ 189k–306k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $777k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingAutomation
Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 144k–233k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingLogic
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
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
Screeps: World 2016	Est. copies ≈ 87k–142k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $480k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $872k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingStrategy
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
TIS-100 2015	Est. copies ≈ 201k–326k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $386k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $702k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$6.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
EXAPUNKS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $318k–$854k after Steam's cut $577k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle