How much revenue did Hitman 2: Silent Assassin make?

$770k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hitman 2: Silent Assassin sell?

Q: How many copies did Hitman 2: Silent Assassin sell?

311k to 506k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 311k–506k; $770k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hitman 2: Silent Assassin's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–3.5M

best case 3.0M (HITMAN™ 2)

Games like Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

A typical game among these

≈ 1.7M–3.5M copies

≈ $11.7M–$35.8M after Steam's cut

from ~35k 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: HITMAN™ 2 at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Assassin (8 of 8) and Stealth (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + Assassin.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2018, 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 38 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
Hitman: Blood Money 2007	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.5M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Assassin's Creed® Revelations 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
HITMAN™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	75k reviews Very Positive	StealthAssassin
Hitman: Absolution™ 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.6M after Steam's cut $40.3M–$91.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	64k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
HITMAN™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Assassin's Creed 2 2010	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.5M after Steam's cut $38.9M–$88.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	62k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Assassin’s Creed® Rogue 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAssassin
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.4M–$35.9M after Steam's cut $24.3M–$55.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	AssassinOpen World