How much revenue did First Up make?

$102–$275 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did First Up sell?

Q: How many copies did First Up sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $102–$275 after Steam's cut $185–$423 before the cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Thin evidence: 3 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–73k

best case 233k (Hot Lava)

Games like First Up

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–73k copies

≈ $11k–$327k after Steam's cut

from ~179 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hot Lava at ≈ 177k–288k copies, ≈ $975k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 77 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 56 to 289.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Precision Platformer (8 of 8) and 3D Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + 3D Platformer, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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 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
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell 2016	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $525k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $954k–$2.2M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerParkour
BETON BRUTAL 2023	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k 7.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $62k–$166k after Steam's cut $112k–$255k before the cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerPrecision Platformer
Pogo3D 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before the cut	$7.99	129 reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer3D Platformer
Tails Noir: Rebel Rush 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$4.94	97 reviews Very Positive	DrivingPrecision Platformer
Parkour Tag 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before the cut	$7.99	213 reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerParkour
Hot Lava 2019	Est. copies ≈ 177k–288k 34x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $975k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer3D Platformer
Celaria 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before the cut	$7.99	144 reviews Very Positive	ParkourPrecision Platformer
Dream Swing 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$2.99	142 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerIndie