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Well, that is your call, and the copyright stuff might not count as parody if you are making a profit off of it, I guess.Well last time I checked it costs like 100 bucks to apply and that's like 5th of my monthly budget, so I didn't feel like taking the risk. Also I think the copyright issue would be a bigger problem, I remember few instances using screenshots from tv shows to use on TV in game, I'd have to backtrack, go through whole game, blur them out probably. Dunno if leaving references would be okay also. And as I got into the new game straight up, I feel like dealing with that might waste a lot of my time. I don't even know how much money would steam in bring from a game like this, as I'd prefer to keep it free, since I already have it for free every where and I'd feel a bit cunty putting price on it on steam.
As far as how much you can make, it varies a lot, but if you get some positive reviews, it can be pretty big.
Dev of Deliverance made more in a few months on Steam, than his entire Dev cycle on Patreon. Dreams of Desire remaster also made a pile of cash well after the game was finished. FreshWomen has sold over 200k units for a game that's not even finished. Even with Steams large cut, that's a lot of chicken feed.
If you want to keep it free you can still offer Dev support DLC or something, like Come Home does. It's free but there are a few alternate outfits DLC players can buy to support the Dev if they want. I know the exposure on Steam has helped to boost their Patreon numbers a bit.