How much revenue did A Short Hike make?

An estimated 1.4M to 3.8M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A Short Hike sell?

Q: How many copies did A Short Hike sell?

An estimated 643k to 1.0M copies, based on its 22k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 643k–1.0M; $1.4M–$3.8M net $2.6M–$5.8M gross; from 22k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 A Short Hike out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Short Hike's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.4M–9.3M

best case 36.0M (ELDEN RING)

The Open World lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 7.7M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 7.7M copies

≈ $53.6M after Steam's cut

from ~194k reviews

Best case

≈ 36.0M copies

ELDEN RING · ≈ $833.9M after Steam's cut

from 1.1M reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

4 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 4 are breakout hits far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Souls-like + Dark Fantasy, priced around $40.
The breakout hits carry RPG + Souls-like + Dark Fantasy; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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