How much revenue did theHunter Classic make?

theHunter Classic is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did theHunter Classic sell?

Q: How many copies did theHunter Classic sell?

2.5M to 4.1M copies, based on its 45k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.5M–4.1M; from 45k reviews (Mixed)

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 theHunter Classic out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including theHunter Classic's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 264k–360k

best case 10.5M (Hunt: Showdown 1896)

Games like theHunter Classic

The middle of these games

≈ 264k–360k copies

≈ $1.5M–$2.7M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Hunt: Showdown 1896 at ≈ 8.0M–13.0M copies, ≈ $87.8M–$236.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Hunting (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Extraction Shooter, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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
Hunt: Showdown 1896 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8.0M–13.0M 46x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $87.8M–$236.2M after Steam's cut $159.7M–$363.4M before the cut	$39.99	277k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldExtraction Shooter
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.5M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $32.0M–$86.1M after Steam's cut $58.2M–$132.5M before the cut	$19.99	119k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursSurvival
Call of the Wild: The Angler™ 2022	Est. copies ≈ 188k–306k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before the cut	$29.99	8k reviews Mixed	FishingSimulation
Rising World 2014	Est. copies ≈ 335k–544k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftMining
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	202k reviews Very Positive	HuntingOpen World
Russian Fishing 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	90k reviews Mixed	FishingMultiplayer
BIGFOOT 2017	Est. copies ≈ 768k–1.2M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before the cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessHorror
Rake 2015	Est. copies ≈ 214k–348k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $294k–$790k after Steam's cut $534k–$1.2M before the cut	$4.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer