How much revenue did Hourglass make?

An estimated 54k to 145k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hourglass sell?

Q: How many copies did Hourglass sell?

An estimated 10k to 16k copies, based on its 396 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $54k–$145k net $98k–$223k gross; from 396 reviews (Very 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 Hourglass out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hourglass's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 961k–6.5M

best case 31.6M (Portal 2)

The First-Person lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 1.1M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.1M copies

≈ $6.7M after Steam's cut

from ~27k reviews

Best case

≈ 31.6M copies

Portal 2 · ≈ $121.9M after Steam's cut

from 463k reviews

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 Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2007 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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