How much revenue did ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator make?

An estimated 394 to 1k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator sell?

An estimated 720 to 1k copies, based on its 30 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 720–1k; $394–$1k net $716–$2k gross; from 30 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 ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–3.9M

best case 4.2M (Teardown)

The Indie lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 2.0M copies.

A typical game

≈ 2.0M copies

≈ $11.8M after Steam's cut

from ~54k reviews

Best case

≈ 4.2M copies

Teardown · ≈ $48.6M after Steam's cut

from 133k 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 Destruction + Physics, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2013 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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