How much revenue did Hacknet make?

$3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hacknet sell?

Q: How many copies did Hacknet sell?

1.3M to 2.1M copies, based on its 26k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.1M; $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before the cut; from 26k 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 Hacknet out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hacknet's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 84k–152k

best case 182k (Turing Complete)

Games like Hacknet

The middle of these games

≈ 84k–152k copies

≈ $651k–$936k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

Best case: Turing Complete at ≈ 138k–225k copies, ≈ $761k–$2.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Programming (7 of 8) and Hacking (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Programming + Puzzle, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Puzzle + Difficult + Education; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2021, 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).

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SHENZHEN I/O 2016	Est. copies ≈ 187k–304k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $772k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingAutomation
Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 138k–225k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $761k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingLogic
Uplink 2006	Est. copies ≈ 154k–250k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $508k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $923k–$2.1M before the cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	HackingIndie
Grey Hack 2017	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $353k–$949k after Steam's cut $642k–$1.5M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
Screeps: World 2016	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $478k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $869k–$2.0M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingStrategy
Duskers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 116k–189k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $639k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.6M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTyping
TIS-100 2015	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $385k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $700k–$1.6M before the cut	$6.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
EXAPUNKS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $315k–$847k after Steam's cut $573k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle