How much revenue did The Cub make?

$67k–$179k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Cub sell?

Q: How many copies did The Cub sell?

16k to 26k copies, based on its 653 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 16k–26k; $67k–$179k after Steam's cut $121k–$276k before the cut; from 653 reviews (Very 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 The Cub out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Cub's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 350–9k

best case 55k (Rusted Moss)

Games like The Cub

The middle of these games

≈ 350–9k copies

≈ $1k–$33k after Steam's cut

from ~41 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Rusted Moss at ≈ 42k–68k copies, ≈ $231k–$622k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 511 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 Precision Platformer (7 of 8) and 2D Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Story Rich, priced around $20.
The era: Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Rusted Moss 2023	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k 41x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $231k–$622k after Steam's cut $421k–$958k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerPixel Graphics
ChronoTecture: The Eprologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69–$182 after Steam's cut $125–$280 before the cut	$9.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	ExplorationFPS
Hans 2023	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before the cut	$4.99	795 reviews Very Positive	DifficultPrecision Platformer
Kandria 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$61k before the cut	$19.99	109 reviews Very Positive	2D PlatformerExploration
Gravity Castle 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before the cut	$14.99	49 reviews Positive	2D PlatformerPuzzle
FlowerRock 2024	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81–$219 after Steam's cut $148–$337 before the cut	$2.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	2D PlatformerExploration
Tears Fall Low 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	Precision PlatformerSide Scroller
Cosmic Pebble 2024	Est. copies ≈ 818–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$4.99	33 reviews Positive	Precision PlatformerPixel Graphics