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How big is Helltaker?
Estimated owners
≈ 3.4M–5.5M
from 128k 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 Helltaker out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Helltaker's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 674k–15.7M
best case 39.9M (Wallpaper Engine)
The Family Friendly lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 10.8M copies.

A typical game
≈ 10.8M copies
≈ $80.5M after Steam's cut
from ~221k reviews
Best case
≈ 39.9M copies
Wallpaper Engine · ≈ $76.9M after Steam's cut
from 1000k 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 Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
  • None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
  • A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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SteamSpy 5M–10M
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2015
Est. copies
≈ 655k–1.1M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
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Cult ClassicCombat Racing +6
2018
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≈ 11.9M–19.3M
1.8x vs typical
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$13.99
390k reviews
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Tower DefenseStrategy +6
2020
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≈ 12.4M–20.1M
2.1x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
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Free
469k reviews
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MultiplayerParty Game +6
2016
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≈ 8.8M–14.3M
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2018
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≈ 30.4M–49.4M
4.5x vs typical
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$41.7M–$112.1M net $75.8M–$172.5M gross
$4.99
1000k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
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Est. copies
≈ 3k–6k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
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Very Positive
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Est. copies
≈ 88k–143k
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2k reviews
Mixed
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