How much revenue did Super Markup Man make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Super Markup Man sell?

Q: How many copies did Super Markup Man sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 127 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut; from 127 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 Super Markup Man and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Super Markup Man's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–207k

best case 1.7M (Hacknet)

Games like Super Markup Man

A typical game among these

≈ 38k–207k copies

≈ $277k–$898k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Hacknet at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 252 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 262.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Programming (8 of 8) and Hacking (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hacking + Simulation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 2 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 61 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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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $49k–$131k after Steam's cut $88k–$201k before Steam's cut	$17.99	396 reviews Mostly Positive	ProgrammingAutomation
Code Wizard: Java Edition 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$5.99	41 reviews Positive	EducationProgramming
Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 144k–233k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingLogic
EXAPUNKS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $318k–$854k after Steam's cut $577k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	26k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
TIS-100 2015	Est. copies ≈ 201k–326k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $386k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $702k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$6.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
hackmud 2016	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $184k–$494k after Steam's cut $334k–$760k before Steam's cut	$18.99	846 reviews Mostly Positive	HackingProgramming
Grey Hack 2017	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $355k–$955k after Steam's cut $646k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation