How much revenue did Guppy make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Guppy sell?

Q: How many copies did Guppy sell?

2k copies, based on its 44 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 44 reviews (Mixed)

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 Guppy out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Guppy's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 44k–159k

best case 863k (Maneater)

Games like Guppy

The middle of these games

≈ 44k–159k copies

≈ $328k–$634k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Maneater at ≈ 658k–1.1M copies, ≈ $7.2M–$19.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 371 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 18 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (5 of 8) and Underwater (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Dark Humor, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 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
Among Ripples 2015	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	Free to PlaySimulation
Maneater 2021	Est. copies ≈ 658k–1.1M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.4M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$29.9M before the cut	$39.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldDark Humor
The Fisherman - Fishing Planet 2019	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $345k–$929k after Steam's cut $628k–$1.4M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mixed	FishingSports
Aquatico 2023	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $148k–$399k after Steam's cut $270k–$613k before the cut	$24.99	870 reviews Mixed	City BuilderStrategy
Chillquarium 2023	Est. copies ≈ 208k–338k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $343k–$921k after Steam's cut $623k–$1.4M before the cut	$5.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorIdler
My Koi 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $24k–$63k after Steam's cut $43k–$98k before the cut	$4.99	693 reviews Very Positive	RelaxingSimulation
Northern Journey 2021	Est. copies ≈ 92k–149k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $303k–$815k after Steam's cut $551k–$1.3M before the cut	$11.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AtmosphericFPS
Beyond Blue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $207k–$556k after Steam's cut $376k–$856k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	UnderwaterAdventure