How much revenue did The Hong Kong Massacre make?

$321k–$864k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Hong Kong Massacre sell?

Q: How many copies did The Hong Kong Massacre sell?

58k to 95k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 58k–95k; $321k–$864k after Steam's cut $584k–$1.3M before the cut; from 2k 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 The Hong Kong Massacre out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Hong Kong Massacre's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 603–847

best case 129k (OTXO)

Games like The Hong Kong Massacre

The middle of these games

≈ 603–847 copies

≈ $1k–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~25 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: OTXO at ≈ 98k–159k copies, ≈ $405k–$1.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 62 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4 to 2k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Top-Down Shooter (7 of 8) and Violent (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Top-Down Shooter, priced around $14.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, and 3 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 43 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
OTXO 2023	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k 158x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $405k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $736k–$1.7M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTop-Down Shooter
Suit for Hire 2025	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k 133x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $340k–$913k after Steam's cut $617k–$1.4M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction
Mr. Fast 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–7k 7.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before the cut	$4.99	186 reviews Very Positive	Bullet TimeTwin Stick Shooter
Time Recoil 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $28k–$65k before the cut	$13.99	118 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie
Killer Ricky 2021	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $551–$1k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut	$2.99	27 reviews Mixed	ActionViolent
Esse Proxy 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 5.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before the cut	$4.99	148 reviews Mostly Positive	Twin Stick Shooter Bullet Hell
Bullet Noir 2025	Est. copies ≈ 620–1k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut	$11.99	25 reviews Positive	Early AccessCrime
REM: The Dreamer 2024	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$9.99	12 reviews Positive	Early AccessTop-Down Shooter