How much revenue did The Upturned make?

$186k–$499k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Upturned sell?

Q: How many copies did The Upturned sell?

68k to 110k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 68k–110k; $186k–$499k after Steam's cut $337k–$768k before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 The Upturned and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Upturned's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 160k–732k

best case 13.9M (R.E.P.O.)

Games like The Upturned

A typical game among these

≈ 160k–732k copies

≈ $492k–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: R.E.P.O. at ≈ 10.6M–17.2M copies, ≈ $29.1M–$78.2M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 519 reviews in their first month; the range was 316 to 67k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Comedy (8 of 8) and Physics (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Comedy + Physics, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Horror + Online Co-Op + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 1 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
R.E.P.O. 2025	Est. copies ≈ 10.6M–17.2M 65x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $29.1M–$78.2M after Steam's cut $52.9M–$120.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	427k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Topple Tactics 2023	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $106k–$286k after Steam's cut $193k–$439k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PhysicsComedy
Goat Simulator 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut $19.7M–$44.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	70k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFunny
Surgeon Simulator 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	17k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFunny
Octodad: Dadliest Catch 2014	Est. copies ≈ 601k–976k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ComedyPhysics
Mount Your Friends 2014	Est. copies ≈ 429k–698k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $589k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$4.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FunnyComedy
Kill It With Fire 2020	Est. copies ≈ 137k–222k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $488k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $888k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$12.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ActionSimulation
Suicide Guy 2017	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $193k–$520k after Steam's cut $351k–$799k before Steam's cut	$5.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FunnyAction