How much revenue did Blow it up make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blow it up sell?

Q: How many copies did Blow it up sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 49 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 49 reviews (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 Blow it up out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blow it up's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 570–28k

best case 4.4M (Teardown)

Games like Blow it up

The middle of these games

≈ 570–28k copies

≈ $2k–$87k after Steam's cut

from ~101 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Teardown at ≈ 3.4M–5.5M copies, ≈ $27.7M–$74.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 38k reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Destruction (7 of 8) and Physics (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Destruction + Physics, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 3 of your 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 36 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
Teardown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 1349x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.7M–$74.5M after Steam's cut $50.4M–$114.7M before the cut	$29.99	136k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DestructionPhysics
Planet Nomads 2019	Est. copies ≈ 59k–95k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	Sci-fiProcedural Generation
Dieselpunk Wars 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before the cut	$14.99	155 reviews Mixed	SandboxBuilding
9 to Die 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69–$184 after Steam's cut $125–$283 before the cut	$4.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	ActionShooter
Bucket Crusher 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$4.99	46 reviews Positive	CasualDestruction
Voxel Project VR 2025	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $105k–$240k before the cut	$24.99	340 reviews Very Positive	DestructionVR
Liquid Havoc 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $884–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$9.99	13 reviews Positive	DestructionPhysics
Guns, Blocks, and Steel 2024	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	19 reviews Mostly Positive	FPSShooter