How much revenue did CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS make?

$2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS sell?

Q: How many copies did CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS sell?

530k to 862k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 530k–862k; $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before the cut; from 11k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–66k

best case 40.0M (Wallpaper Engine)

The Utilities genre

3 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 9k–66k copies

≈ $59k–$272k after Steam's cut

from ~476 reviews

Best case

≈ 30.5M–49.6M copies

Wallpaper Engine · ≈ $41.9M–$112.5M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Utilities (8 of 8) and Software (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Mature + Anime + First-Person; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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