How much revenue did Hitman: Contracts make?

$506k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hitman: Contracts sell?

Q: How many copies did Hitman: Contracts sell?

205k to 332k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 205k–332k; $506k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $919k–$2.1M before the cut; from 4k 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 Hitman: Contracts out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hitman: Contracts's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–2.2M

best case 6.3M (Assassin's Creed® Unity)

Games like Hitman: Contracts

The middle of these games

≈ 2.1M–2.2M copies

≈ $18.9M–$22.7M after Steam's cut

from ~33k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Assassin's Creed® Unity at ≈ 4.8M–7.8M copies, ≈ $39.5M–$106.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Assassin (8 of 8) and Stealth (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Assassin + Stealth, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2022, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.3M–$24.9M after Steam's cut $16.9M–$38.3M before the cut	$19.99	27k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Assassin's Creed 2 2010	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.3M–$57.3M after Steam's cut $38.7M–$88.1M before the cut	$19.99	61k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Hitman: Absolution™ 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.3M before the cut	$19.99	64k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Assassin's Creed® Unity 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.8M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $39.5M–$106.1M after Steam's cut $71.8M–$163.2M before the cut	$29.99	85k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldParkour
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.7M after Steam's cut $24.2M–$55.0M before the cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	AssassinOpen World
HITMAN World of Assassination 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $32.7M–$87.9M after Steam's cut $59.4M–$135.2M before the cut	$69.99	68k reviews Very Positive	StealthAssassin
HITMAN™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
HITMAN™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	75k reviews Very Positive	StealthAssassin