How much revenue did Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut make?

$296k–$795k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut sell?

Q: How many copies did Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut sell?

108k to 175k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 108k–175k; $296k–$795k after Steam's cut $538k–$1.2M before the cut; from 2k 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 Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.4M–3.4M

best case 38.6M (Portal 2)

Games like Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut

The middle of these games

≈ 2.4M–3.4M copies

≈ $33.4M–$38.8M after Steam's cut

from ~41k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.4M–47.8M copies, ≈ $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (6 of 8) and Sci-fi (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with First-Person, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Puzzle-Platformer + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2004 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.4M–47.8M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.8M–$217.4M after Steam's cut $147.0M–$334.4M before the cut	$9.99	466k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
SOMA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.1M–$56.7M after Steam's cut $38.4M–$87.3M before the cut	$29.99	52k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Portal 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.5M–20.4M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.5M–$92.6M after Steam's cut $62.6M–$142.5M before the cut	$9.99	198k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Half-Life 2 2004	Est. copies ≈ 17.6M–28.6M 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $48.3M–$130.0M after Steam's cut $87.9M–$200.0M before the cut	$9.99	278k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction
Atomic Heart 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $21.0M–$56.3M after Steam's cut $38.1M–$86.7M before the cut	$59.99	51k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentFPS
Half-Life 2: Episode One 2006	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	31k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction
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Half-Life 2: Episode Two 2007	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction