Hard Time

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Hard Time

Short description

The toughest prison sim in the yard has been locked back up to serve another sentence in 2D!

Developer
MDickie
Publisher
MDickie
Release
Wed, Aug 16, 2017
Price
$4.99
Reviews
301
Positive
89%
Followers
1,237
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Features
Multi-player, PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Full controller support
Tags
Violent Action Simulation Indie Adventure RPG Gore Character Customization Funny 2D
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$64ksomewhere between $29k and $95k · roughly 6K–20K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $4.76, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $4.99 launch price. That is 5% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

13 data points since Jul 31, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$64k → ~$64k
Reviews 303 → 301
Followers 1,214 → 1,237
Price $4.99 → $4.99
Positive reviews 89.4% → 89.4%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 189 further data points reach back to Aug 1, 2017 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $2.49 on Jun 25, 2020.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Hard Time is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Violent + Action + Simulation

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