How much revenue did Hacker Simulator make?

An estimated 216k to 581k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hacker Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Hacker Simulator sell?

An estimated 31k to 51k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 31k–51k; $216k–$581k net $393k–$893k gross; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Hacker Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hacker Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 737k–1.8M

best case 2.3M (NBA 2K20)

The Simulation lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 1.2M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.2M copies

≈ $4.6M after Steam's cut

from ~30k reviews

Best case

≈ 2.3M copies

NBA 2K20

from 60k 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 Basketball + Sports, priced around $10.
The games you compared span 2014 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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