How much revenue did Hive make?

$48k–$130k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hive sell?

Q: How many copies did Hive sell?

18k to 29k copies, based on its 314 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–29k; $48k–$130k after Steam's cut $88k–$200k before the cut; from 314 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 Hive out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hive's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 269–16k

best case 73k (Chaos Reborn)

Games like Hive

The middle of these games

≈ 269–16k copies

≈ $4k–$140k after Steam's cut

from ~111 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: Chaos Reborn at ≈ 56k–91k copies, ≈ $153k–$412k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 3 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Hex Grid (7 of 8) and Turn-Based (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based + Fantasy, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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).

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Battle Worlds: Kronos 2013	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $114k–$305k after Steam's cut $207k–$470k before the cut	$19.99	327 reviews Mixed	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Steam: Rails to Riches 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before the cut	$9.99	120 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyBoard Game
Chaos Reborn 2015	Est. copies ≈ 56k–91k 10x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $153k–$412k after Steam's cut $279k–$634k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyRPG
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