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 the cut; from 846 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left hackmud out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including hackmud's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 67k–250k

best case 1.7M (Hacknet)

Games like hackmud

The middle of these games

≈ 67k–250k copies

≈ $537k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

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

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 252 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 105 to 283.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Hacking (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hacking + Simulation, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 the cut	$9.99	26k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
Anonymous Hacker Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $106k–$286k after Steam's cut $194k–$440k before the cut	$19.99	781 reviews Very Positive	SimulationHacking
Grey Hack 2017	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $353k–$949k after Steam's cut $642k–$1.5M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
EXAPUNKS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $316k–$849k after Steam's cut $574k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
TIS-100 2015	Est. copies ≈ 200k–326k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $385k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $700k–$1.6M before the cut	$6.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
Hacker Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 32k–51k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $217k–$585k after Steam's cut $395k–$900k before the cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	HackingSimulation
Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 139k–226k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $765k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingLogic
SHENZHEN I/O 2016	Est. copies ≈ 187k–305k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $773k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingAutomation