How much revenue did Hoplegs make?

$10k–$26k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hoplegs sell?

Q: How many copies did Hoplegs sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 80 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before the cut; from 80 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 Hoplegs out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hoplegs's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 92k–960k

best case 46.9M (Geometry Dash)

Games like Hoplegs

The middle of these games

≈ 92k–960k copies

≈ $182k–$9.9M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Geometry Dash at ≈ 35.7M–58.0M copies, ≈ $49.0M–$131.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Precision Platformer (8 of 8) and Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2023, and none of them 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 79 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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Geometry Dash 2014	Est. copies ≈ 35.7M–58.0M 210x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.0M–$131.7M after Steam's cut $89.1M–$202.7M before the cut	$4.99	638k reviews Very Positive	DifficultMusic
Super Meat Boy 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.4M after Steam's cut $18.5M–$42.1M before the cut	$14.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Platformer
I wanna be the Creator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 86k–141k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $142k–$383k after Steam's cut $259k–$589k before the cut	$5.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionLevel Editor
I Wanna Maker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 127k–206k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerLevel Editor
Dustforce DX 2012	Est. copies ≈ 151k–246k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $415k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $755k–$1.7M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Platformer
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $954k–$2.2M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerParkour
Remnants of Naezith 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$147k after Steam's cut $99k–$226k before the cut	$9.99	655 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerIndie
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before the cut	$19.99	404 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerRunner