How much revenue did The Upper Hand make?

$205–$549 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Upper Hand sell?

Q: How many copies did The Upper Hand sell?

149 to 242 copies, based on its 6 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149–242; $205–$549 after Steam's cut $372–$845 before Steam's cut; from 6 reviews (6 user reviews); Only 6 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Upper Hand and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Upper Hand's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–3.3M

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like The Upper Hand

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–3.3M copies

≈ $14.6M–$25.6M after Steam's cut

from ~47k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.5M–7.4M copies, ≈ $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 7k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (6 of 8) and Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2023, and none of them 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
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
ROUNDS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$5.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MultiplayerFighting
动绘（Drawing） 2020	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69–$182 after Steam's cut $125–$280 before Steam's cut	$9.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	CasualStory Rich
Super Meat Boy 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.5M after Steam's cut $18.6M–$42.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Platformer
Pizza Tower 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.9M–$26.7M after Steam's cut $18.0M–$41.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great Soundtrack2D Platformer
The Prometheus Secret Noohra 2019	Est. copies ≈ 173–281 too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $47–$127 after Steam's cut $86–$195 before Steam's cut	$0.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
DDNet 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	47k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpFree to Play
Platboarder 2023	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$658 after Steam's cut $446–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	12 reviews Positive	CasualSingleplayer