How much revenue did Zup! 3 make?

$106k–$284k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zup! 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Zup! 3 sell?

193k to 313k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 193k–313k; $106k–$284k after Steam's cut $192k–$437k before Steam's cut; from 6k 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 Zup! 3 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zup! 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 122k–228k

best case 487k (Zup!)

Games like Zup! 3

A typical game among these

≈ 122k–228k copies

≈ $94k–$175k after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Zup! at ≈ 371k–603k copies, ≈ $203k–$546k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fast-Paced (8 of 8) and Physics (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Fast-Paced, priced around $2.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 52 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
Zup! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$546k after Steam's cut $370k–$841k before Steam's cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! 5 2017	Est. copies ≈ 104k–169k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before Steam's cut	$1.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! Z 2020	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $59k–$158k after Steam's cut $107k–$243k before Steam's cut	$1.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleIndie
Zup! 8 2018	Est. copies ≈ 136k–220k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $74k–$200k after Steam's cut $135k–$307k before Steam's cut	$1.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! Zero 2017	Est. copies ≈ 94k–154k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $52k–$139k after Steam's cut $94k–$214k before Steam's cut	$1.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! 6 2017	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $49k–$131k after Steam's cut $89k–$202k before Steam's cut	$1.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 287k–467k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $157k–$422k after Steam's cut $286k–$650k before Steam's cut	$1.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual
Zup! 9 2019	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $31k–$85k after Steam's cut $57k–$130k before Steam's cut	$1.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleCasual