How much revenue did Zup! 2 make?

$157k–$422k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zup! 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Zup! 2 sell?

287k to 466k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 287k–466k; $157k–$422k after Steam's cut $286k–$650k before the cut; from 7k 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 Zup! 2 out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Zup! 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.6M–4.5M

best case 3.8M (GRIS)

Games like Zup! 2

The middle of these games

≈ 3.6M–4.5M copies

≈ $12.4M–$23.5M after Steam's cut

from ~84k reviews

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

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: GRIS at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (2 of 3) and Platformer (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Beautiful + Female Protagonist, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2018, 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 38 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
GRIS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before the cut	$14.99	96k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulAtmospheric
Mirror 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before the cut	$1.99	84k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Sexual ContentNudity
LIMBO 2011	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.4M–$36.1M after Steam's cut $24.4M–$55.6M before the cut	$12.49	62k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerIndie