How much revenue did DrumBeats VR make?

$15k–$40k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DrumBeats VR sell?

Q: How many copies did DrumBeats VR sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 145 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$61k before Steam's cut; from 145 reviews (Mixed)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid DrumBeats VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DrumBeats VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–128k

best case 289k (McOsu)

Games like DrumBeats VR

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–128k copies

≈ $211k–$823k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: McOsu at ≈ 220k–358k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 30 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 324.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (8 of 8) and Music (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Anime.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2022, 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 52 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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VR Pianist 2021	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $381–$1k after Steam's cut $693–$2k before Steam's cut	$13.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	MusicRhythm
Audioshield 2016	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $626k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	IndieVR
BOXVR 2019	Est. copies ≈ 47k–76k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $386k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $702k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SportsIndie
Boom 3D Windows: Experience 3D surround sound in games 2019	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $107k–$287k after Steam's cut $194k–$441k before Steam's cut	$16.99	793 reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
McOsu 2017	Est. copies ≈ 220k–358k 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	RhythmFree to Play
Tribe XR \| DJ Academy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	359 reviews Mostly Positive	VRMusic
SynthVR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $19k–$42k before Steam's cut	$24.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Audio ProductionUtilities
Paradiddle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $117k–$314k after Steam's cut $212k–$483k before Steam's cut	$24.99	685 reviews Very Positive	VRMusic