How much revenue did MAN STANDING make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MAN STANDING sell?

Q: How many copies did MAN STANDING sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 400 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut; from 400 reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid MAN STANDING and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MAN STANDING's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 659–13k

best case 175k (Everything)

Games like MAN STANDING

A typical game among these

≈ 659–13k copies

≈ $993–$17k after Steam's cut

from ~29 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Everything at ≈ 133k–216k copies, ≈ $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 21 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 122.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Philosophical + Simulation, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 3 of the 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 43 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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Симулятор Сидения у Подъезда 2019	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k 26x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before Steam's cut	$0.99	746 reviews Very Positive	SimulationMemes
ZAMOK 2025	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $306–$824 after Steam's cut $556–$1k before Steam's cut	$4.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	ExplorationWalking Simulator
The Waiting Room - An Existential Simulation 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $110–$252 before Steam's cut	$0.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	SimulationLife Sim
Everything 2017	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k 133x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $997k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	PhilosophicalSimulation
Newton's Fourth Law 2025	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k 7.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$77k before Steam's cut	$11.99	229 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessPhysics
Life of Fly 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$9.99	24 reviews Positive	PhilosophicalNarrative
Life of Fly 2020	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$14.99	32 reviews Positive	Simulation Story Rich
Overseas 2019	Est. copies ≈ 749–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $616–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$2.99	26 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieSimulation