How many copies has I hate this game sold?

indielist estimates I hate this game has sold between 80,784 and 188,496 units (median 134,640), derived from its 2,448 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.

Who developed I hate this game?

I hate this game was developed by Pixel Error and published by Pixel Error.

Who published I hate this game?

I hate this game was published by Pixel Error, developed by Pixel Error. See Pixel Error's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.

When was I hate this game released?

I hate this game was released in 2019.

How many reviews does I hate this game have on Steam?

I hate this game has 2,448 Steam reviews, of which 93% are positive.

Is I hate this game worth playing?

Steam players rate I hate this game 93% positive across 2,448 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

I hate this game

Mar 7, 2019 Indie $1.99

Developer Pixel Error Publisher Pixel Error

Profile updated Jul 2026

A budget indie game at $1.99, I hate this game offers a low-cost entry from developer and publisher pixel-error. Since its 2019 release, it has 2,620 Steam reviews with 93% positive, giving it a very positive player signal.

I hate this game is a 2019 Indie game developed by Pixel Error and published by Pixel Error. On Steam it has gathered 2,448 player reviews, 93% of them positive, which counts as a very positive reception among indie titles in the Indie category. The game is available on windows, and launched at $2. The pairing of developer Pixel Error with publisher Pixel Error is one of the studio-publisher relationships indielist tracks, letting players find comparable games and letting developers and investors study how Indie projects reach the market. indielist's white-box method estimates its lifetime sales at roughly 81,000 to 188,000 units, with the full Boxleiter factor breakdown shown on this page rather than a single black-box figure. Within indielist's catalog of indie games mapped to their studios, publishers, and funding, I hate this game can be compared against similar Indie titles and benchmarked on review counts and estimated sales.

Reviews

2,448

Positive

93%

Steam appid

976010

Engine

Unknown

Players (snapshot)

Unavailable

Sales estimate

v1.0

81K to 188K

units (median: 135K)

≈ $92K to $214K modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

81K median 188K

+ How is this calculated?

2,448 reviews × NB(55) = 134,640 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2019	+15
price_$2	-20
positive_93%	+10
final NB	55

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

indielist estimates lifetime unit sales for I hate this game at roughly 81,000 to 188,000 copies, with a median around 135,000, derived from its 2,448 Steam reviews using a multi-factor Boxleiter method (version v1.0). That median maps to approximately $153K in net revenue after Steam's 30% cut, regional pricing, and refunds. Unlike black-box trackers, the full calculation is shown on this page: a base review-to-sales multiplier is adjusted for release year, launch price, review sentiment, studio size, and genre, and every adjustment is listed so developers, publishers, and investors can audit exactly how the figure was reached. The range itself reflects genuine uncertainty — review-to-sales ratios vary widely between games — so indielist publishes a low, median, and high band rather than a false-precision single number, and treats free-to-play, heavily discounted, and bundle-distributed titles as having wider error margins still.

Price history

7 observed days · window low $1.99

Across 7 observed UTC days from 2026-07-17 to 2026-07-23, the daily lowest tracked USD price across stores ranged from $1.99 to $1.99. The tracked-window low was $1.99 on 2026-07-17.

Real store observations · daily lowest tracked USD price across stores · missing days are not filled.

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Platforms

windows

Genres

Indie

Frequently asked questions

How many copies has I hate this game sold?: indielist estimates I hate this game has sold between 80,784 and 188,496 units (median 134,640), derived from its 2,448 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.
Who developed I hate this game?: I hate this game was developed by Pixel Error and published by Pixel Error.
Who published I hate this game?: I hate this game was published by Pixel Error, developed by Pixel Error. See Pixel Error's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.
When was I hate this game released?: I hate this game was released in 2019.
How many reviews does I hate this game have on Steam?: I hate this game has 2,448 Steam reviews, of which 93% are positive.
Is I hate this game worth playing?: Steam players rate I hate this game 93% positive across 2,448 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Players looking for games like I hate this game can compare it on indielist against semantically similar Indie titles such as Stardew Valley, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Project Zomboid, Undertale, ranked by shared tags and genre rather than by ad spend. On the developer side, Pixel Error's other releases and Pixel Error's wider catalog are one click away, letting developers benchmark where I hate this game sits among a studio's body of work and how its publisher's portfolio performs. Because indielist maps studios, publishers, games, and funding into one connected graph, the same I hate this game page serves three audiences at once: players hunting their next Indie game, developers studying how comparable projects were positioned and what they sold, and investors tracing which teams and labels are active in the space. A machine-readable markdown mirror of this page is published at the same path with a .md suffix for AI assistants, and its review, price, and sales-estimate figures are refreshed on a schedule rather than frozen at launch.

Matched from shared Steam tags and primary genre. Review count breaks ties; it is not a personal recommendation score.