How much revenue did HOUND make?

HOUND is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did HOUND sell?

Q: How many copies did HOUND sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 62 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; from 62 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 HOUND and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including HOUND's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 627–1k

best case 17k (Space Simulation Toolkit)

Games like HOUND

A typical game among these

≈ 627–1k copies

≈ $1k–$16k after Steam's cut

from ~24 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Space Simulation Toolkit at ≈ 13k–22k copies, ≈ $91k–$245k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 79.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (7 of 8) and Education (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Early Access + Sandbox + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, 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
Space Simulation Toolkit 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k 22x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $91k–$245k after Steam's cut $166k–$377k before Steam's cut	$24.99	535 reviews Very Positive	SimulationEarly Access
Muslim 3D 2022	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut	$44.99	28 reviews Positive	Early AccessExploration
Lunar Odyssey 2022	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	20 reviews Mixed	SimulationVR
Baklava Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$659 after Steam's cut $445–$1k before Steam's cut	$3.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	ExplorationEducation
Parametric Creature: Lab 2021	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$4.99	32 reviews Positive	SimulationExploration
Creatures Village 2021	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $776–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$5.99	19 reviews Positive	CasualFamily Friendly
The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $23k–$53k before Steam's cut	$34.99	54 reviews Mostly Positive	EducationArtificial Intelligence
Natural Instincts: European Forest 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before Steam's cut	$9.99	297 reviews Mixed	Early AccessCasual