How much revenue did hackmud make?

$184k–$494k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did hackmud sell?

Q: How many copies did hackmud sell?

35k to 57k copies, based on its 846 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 35k–57k; $184k–$494k after Steam's cut $334k–$760k before Steam's cut; from 846 reviews (Mostly 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 hackmud and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including hackmud's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 67k–251k

best case 1.7M (Hacknet)

Games like hackmud

A typical game among these

≈ 67k–251k copies

≈ $540k–$1.4M 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.

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.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 252 reviews in their first month; the range was 104 to 282.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Hacking (7 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 8.7x 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
Anonymous Hacker Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $108k–$290k after Steam's cut $196k–$447k before Steam's cut	$19.99	792 reviews Very Positive	SimulationHacking
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
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
TIS-100 2015	Est. copies ≈ 201k–326k 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
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
Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 144k–233k 1.9x 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
SHENZHEN I/O 2016	Est. copies ≈ 189k–306k 1.5x 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