How much revenue did Cuphead make?

An estimated 40.7M to 109.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cuphead sell?

Q: How many copies did Cuphead sell?

An estimated 7.4M to 12.0M copies, based on its 215k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7.4M–12.0M; $40.7M–$109.5M net $74.1M–$168.5M gross; from 215k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Cuphead out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cuphead's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 96k–279k

best case 917k (Iron Snout)

The Action lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 174k copies.

A typical game

≈ 174k copies

≈ $794k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Best case

≈ 917k copies

Iron Snout

from 17k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Free to Play + 2D Fighter, priced around $13.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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