How much revenue did SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE make?

$2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE sell?

Q: How many copies did SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE sell?

318k to 516k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 318k–516k; $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut; from 13k 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 SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.8M–7.9M

best case 12.4M (Deep Rock Galactic)

Games like SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE

A typical game among these

≈ 2.8M–7.9M copies

≈ $23.8M–$84.8M after Steam's cut

from ~104k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Deep Rock Galactic at ≈ 9.4M–15.3M copies, ≈ $77.8M–$209.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 63k reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (6 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dwarf + Co-op, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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 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
SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Gunfire Reborn 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.1M after Steam's cut $25.7M–$58.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	104k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-lite FPS
Void Wizard 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $868–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$1.99	64 reviews Very Positive	ActionShooter
Deep Rock Galactic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $77.8M–$209.2M after Steam's cut $141.5M–$321.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	380k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DwarfCo-op
PositronX 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before Steam's cut	$19.99	81 reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-lite FPS
MOVAFORT 2023	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $743–$2k before Steam's cut	$11.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Open WorldTime Travel
NO RELOADING: Survival Trials 2024	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut	$14.99	18 reviews Positive	Bullet TimeAction
Sci-Fantasy Defence 2022	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$19.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	VRTower Defense