How much revenue did S.U.B. make?

$67–$179 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did S.U.B. sell?

Q: How many copies did S.U.B. sell?

122 to 198 copies, based on its 4 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 122–198; $67–$179 after Steam's cut $121–$276 before the cut; from 4 reviews (4 user reviews); Thin evidence: 4 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 S.U.B. out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including S.U.B.'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 375–627

best case 6k (Fishlike)

Games like S.U.B.

The middle of these games

≈ 375–627 copies

≈ $778–$1k after Steam's cut

from ~14 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Fishlike at ≈ 4k–7k copies, ≈ $6k–$17k after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 14 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 81.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Arcade (8 of 8) and Score Attack (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Arcade, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Shoot 'Em Up + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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