How much revenue did Hypertrain make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hypertrain sell?

Q: How many copies did Hypertrain sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 44 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut; from 44 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 Hypertrain and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hypertrain's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 960–17k

best case 59k (Tracks - The Train Set Game)

Games like Hypertrain

A typical game among these

≈ 960–17k copies

≈ $2k–$306k after Steam's cut

from ~131 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.

Best case: Tracks - The Train Set Game at ≈ 45k–73k copies, ≈ $245k–$660k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 148 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Trains (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Sandbox, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 1 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).

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Beam Eye Tracker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $213k–$573k after Steam's cut $388k–$882k before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationUtilities
Tracks - The Train Set Game 2019	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $245k–$660k after Steam's cut $446k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
High Speed Trains 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	33 reviews Mixed	SimulationTrains
Train Frontier Classic 2017	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before Steam's cut	$9.99	246 reviews Very Positive	SimulationTrains
City Metro Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	30 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureCasual
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