How much revenue did hack_me make?

$119k–$320k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did hack_me sell?

Q: How many copies did hack_me sell?

72k to 118k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 72k–118k; $119k–$320k after Steam's cut $217k–$493k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 hack_me and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including hack_me's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 358k–1.8M

best case 2.3M (NBA 2K20)

Games like hack_me

A typical game among these

≈ 358k–1.8M copies

≈ $1.9M–$9.8M after Steam's cut

from ~21k 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: NBA 2K20 at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 593 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and First-Person (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Basketball + Sports.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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NBA 2K20 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	60k reviews Mixed	BasketballSports
Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 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
Watch_Dogs™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $16.5M–$44.3M after Steam's cut $30.0M–$68.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	54k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldHacking
Crime Scene Cleaner 2024	Est. copies ≈ 858k–1.4M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.1M–$19.0M after Steam's cut $12.9M–$29.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationCrime
Thief Simulator 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 170k–276k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $934k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Stealth
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You 2016	Est. copies ≈ 648k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterPolitical Sim
Internet Cafe Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 298k–484k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $819k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationIndie
Streamer Life Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 196k–319k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationLife Sim