How much revenue did Hitman: Codename 47 make?

$714k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hitman: Codename 47 sell?

Q: How many copies did Hitman: Codename 47 sell?

325k to 528k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 325k–528k; $714k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Hitman: Codename 47 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hitman: Codename 47's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 375k–5.3M

best case 5.8M (Assassin's Creed® Origins)

Games like Hitman: Codename 47

A typical game among these

≈ 375k–5.3M copies

≈ $1.2M–$33.9M after Steam's cut

from ~39k 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: Assassin's Creed® Origins at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $73.3M–$197.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Stealth (8 of 8) and Assassin (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Assassin, priced around $60.
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
Dishonored 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.3M–$41.3M after Steam's cut $27.9M–$63.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	88k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StealthFirst-Person
Hitman: Contracts 2014	Est. copies ≈ 207k–337k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $512k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $931k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$8.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
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
HITMAN™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	75k reviews Very Positive	StealthAssassin
Death to Spies 2008	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $89k–$238k after Steam's cut $161k–$367k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionStealth
Assassin's Creed 2 2010	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 1.6x 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® Origins 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $73.3M–$197.2M after Steam's cut $133.3M–$303.3M before Steam's cut	$59.99	129k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAssassin
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin 2007	Est. copies ≈ 311k–506k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $770k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$8.99	5k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction