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How many copies did El Hijo - A Wild West Tale sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 6k–9k
$31k–$84k after Steam's cut $57k–$129k before the cut
from 229 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left El Hijo - A Wild West Tale out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including El Hijo - A Wild West Tale's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 262k–4.7M
best case 5.3M (Escape the Backrooms)
Games like El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

The middle of these games

≈ 262k–4.7M copies

≈ $2.4M–$20.1M after Steam's cut

from ~38k 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: Escape the Backrooms at ≈ 4.0M–6.6M copies, ≈ $11.1M–$29.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 19k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 114k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Simulation (5 of 8) and Open World (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $10.
The era
The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, 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 70 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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Escape the Backrooms
2025
Est. copies
≈ 4.0M–6.6M
4.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$11.1M–$29.8M after Steam's cut $20.1M–$45.8M before the cut
$9.99
163k reviews
Very Positive
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Against the Storm
2023
Est. copies
≈ 926k–1.5M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$7.6M–$20.5M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.6M before the cut
$29.99
37k reviews
Very Positive
StrategyCity Builder
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
2022
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≈ 3.5M–5.7M
3.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut $105.3M–$239.5M before the cut
$59.99
142k reviews
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Open WorldSuperhero
Goat Simulator
2014
Est. copies
≈ 3.9M–6.4M
1.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut $19.6M–$44.7M before the cut
$9.99
70k reviews
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SimulationFunny
Shelter 2
2015
Est. copies
≈ 211k–342k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
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$1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut
$24.99
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Thief Simulator 2
2023
Est. copies
≈ 167k–271k
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$915k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut
$19.99
7k reviews
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DRAGON BALL: THE BREAKERS
2022
Est. copies
≈ 162k–264k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$892k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut
$19.99
7k reviews
Mixed
MultiplayerAnime
Thief Simulator
2018
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–2.0M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.4M before the cut
$19.99
40k reviews
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