How much revenue did The Upper Hand make?

$205–$549 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Upper Hand sell?

Q: How many copies did The Upper Hand sell?

149 to 242 copies, based on its 6 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149–242; $205–$549 after Steam's cut $372–$845 before the cut; from 6 reviews (6 user reviews); Thin evidence: 6 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 The Upper Hand out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Upper Hand's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–3.2M

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like The Upper Hand

The middle of these games

≈ 1.5M–3.2M copies

≈ $14.5M–$25.4M after Steam's cut

from ~46k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 7k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 2D Platformer (6 of 8) and Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 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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Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut $44.5M–$101.2M before the cut	$19.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
ROUNDS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.5M before the cut	$5.99	44k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MultiplayerFighting
动绘（Drawing） 2020	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69–$182 after Steam's cut $125–$280 before the cut	$9.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	CasualStory Rich
Super Meat Boy 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.4M after Steam's cut $18.5M–$42.1M before the cut	$14.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer Platformer
Pizza Tower 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.9M–$26.6M after Steam's cut $18.0M–$40.9M before the cut	$19.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great Soundtrack2D Platformer
The Prometheus Secret Noohra 2019	Est. copies ≈ 173–281 too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $47–$127 after Steam's cut $86–$195 before the cut	$0.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
DDNet 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	46k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpFree to Play
Platboarder 2023	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $245–$658 after Steam's cut $446–$1k before the cut	$2.99	12 reviews Positive	CasualSingleplayer