How many copies did Hats Are Not Allowed sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 41 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Hats Are Not Allowed make?

Hats Are Not Allowed is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Hats Are Not Allowed?

Estimated owners: ≈ 1k–2k; from 41 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 Hats Are Not Allowed out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hats Are Not Allowed's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–25k

best case 66k (First Cut: Samurai Duel)

Games like Hats Are Not Allowed

The middle of these games

≈ 6k–25k copies

≈ $9k–$107k after Steam's cut

from ~513 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: First Cut: Samurai Duel at ≈ 50k–82k copies, ≈ $124k–$334k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 45 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 531.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Fighter (7 of 8) and Arcade (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Side Scroller + Hack and Slash, priced around $9.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 8 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 61 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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First Cut: Samurai Duel 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $124k–$334k after Steam's cut $226k–$514k before the cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerHack and Slash
Stardust Vanguards 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before the cut	$3.99	120 reviews Mostly Positive	4 Player Local2D Fighter
Shing! 2020	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $66k–$177k after Steam's cut $120k–$272k before the cut	$19.99	483 reviews Mostly Positive	Beat 'em upSide Scroller
Swords and Sandals 2 Redux 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$149k after Steam's cut $101k–$229k before the cut	$9.99	587 reviews Mostly Positive	2D FighterTurn-Based Combat
Bleak Sword DX 2023	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $47k–$128k after Steam's cut $86k–$196k before the cut	$9.99	697 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeHack and Slash
Armed with Wings: Rearmed 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before the cut	$9.99	542 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Skull Head World 2020	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $163–$439 after Steam's cut $297–$676 before the cut	$3.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	ActionArcade
End of Knights 2023	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $530–$1k after Steam's cut $964–$2k before the cut	$2.99	26 reviews Positive	Hack and SlashDifficult