How much revenue did Super Markup Man make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Super Markup Man sell?

Q: How many copies did Super Markup Man sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 127 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before the cut; from 127 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 Super Markup Man out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Super Markup Man's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–202k

best case 1.7M (Hacknet)

Games like Super Markup Man

The middle of these games

≈ 38k–202k copies

≈ $276k–$883k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Hacknet at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 251 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 6 to 262.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Programming (8 of 8) and Hacking (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hacking + Simulation, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, and 2 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 61 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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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $48k–$128k after Steam's cut $87k–$197k before the cut	$17.99	389 reviews Mostly Positive	ProgrammingAutomation
Code Wizard: Java Edition 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$5.99	41 reviews Positive	EducationProgramming
Turing Complete 2021	Est. copies ≈ 138k–225k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $761k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingLogic
EXAPUNKS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $315k–$847k after Steam's cut $573k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before the cut	$9.99	26k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
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Grey Hack 2017	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $353k–$949k after Steam's cut $642k–$1.5M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation