How much revenue did The Hong Kong Massacre make?

$324k–$870k 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?

59k to 96k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 59k–96k; $324k–$870k after Steam's cut $589k–$1.3M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 The Hong Kong Massacre and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Hong Kong Massacre's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 603–847

best case 130k (OTXO)

Games like The Hong Kong Massacre

A typical game among these

≈ 603–847 copies

≈ $1k–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~25 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: OTXO at ≈ 99k–160k copies, ≈ $407k–$1.1M 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 62 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 2k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 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.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 3 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 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 ≈ 99k–160k 159x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $407k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $740k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTop-Down Shooter
Suit for Hire 2025	Est. copies ≈ 83k–135k 134x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $342k–$919k after Steam's cut $622k–$1.4M before Steam's 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 Steam's 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 Steam's 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 Steam's 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 Steam's 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–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$8.99	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 Steam's cut	$9.99	12 reviews Positive	Early AccessTop-Down Shooter