How much revenue did Anonymous Hacker Simulator make?

$106k–$286k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Anonymous Hacker Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Anonymous Hacker Simulator sell?

19k to 31k copies, based on its 781 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–31k; $106k–$286k after Steam's cut $194k–$440k before the cut; from 781 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 Anonymous Hacker Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Anonymous Hacker Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–63k

best case 1.7M (Hacknet)

Games like Anonymous Hacker Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–63k copies

≈ $10k–$285k after Steam's cut

from ~368 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hacknet at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 32 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 105.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Hacking (8 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hacking + Simulation, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Choices Matter + Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 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 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
Mainlining 2017	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $45k–$122k after Steam's cut $82k–$187k before the cut	$12.99	368 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieHacking
Hacky 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$4.99	100 reviews Very Positive	HackingTyping
Project DeepWeb 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before the cut	$7.99	134 reviews Very Positive	Simulation Puzzle
Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 71x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before the cut	$9.99	26k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
Hacker Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 32k–51k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $218k–$585k after Steam's cut $396k–$900k before the cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	HackingSimulation
Grey Hack 2017	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $353k–$949k after Steam's cut $642k–$1.5M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
Hacker Evolution 2010	Est. copies ≈ 66k–108k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $91k–$245k after Steam's cut $166k–$377k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Mixed	SimulationHacking
CHAQS 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$15k before the cut	$9.90	52 reviews Mostly Positive	TypingHacking