How much revenue did Hijack Overdrive make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hijack Overdrive sell?

Q: How many copies did Hijack Overdrive sell?

397 to 645 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397–645; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 16 reviews (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 Hijack Overdrive out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hijack Overdrive's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34k–44k

best case 355k (Deepest Sword)

Games like Hijack Overdrive

The middle of these games

≈ 34k–44k copies

≈ $214k–$382k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Deepest Sword at ≈ 270k–440k copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 732 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 143 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (8 of 8) and Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2D Platformer + Side Scroller. The breakout hits carry Puzzle-Platformer + Free to Play + Precision Platformer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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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Iron Meat 2024	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $150k–$404k after Steam's cut $273k–$621k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpSide Scroller
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