How much revenue did Buzludzha VR make?

$5k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Buzludzha VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Buzludzha VR sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 48 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut; from 48 reviews (Positive)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–176k

best case 316k (Train Sim World® 2020)

Games like Buzludzha VR

A typical game among these

≈ 28k–176k copies

≈ $245k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Train Sim World® 2020 at ≈ 240k–391k copies, ≈ $859k–$2.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 387 reviews in their first month; the range was 272 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Open World (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Trains, priced around $13.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 1 of the 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 43 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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Titanic: The Experience 2017	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$50k before Steam's cut	$3.99	319 reviews Mixed	SimulationExperience
Feather 2019	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $64k–$172k after Steam's cut $116k–$264k before Steam's cut	$9.99	808 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationFlight
SimRail - The Railway Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 138k–224k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$34.99	6k reviews Very Positive	TrainsSimulation
UNDER the SAND - a road trip simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $220k–$592k after Steam's cut $400k–$911k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	DrivingAutomobile Sim
Everything 2017	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $549k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $997k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	PhilosophicalSimulation
Out of Ore 2022	Est. copies ≈ 104k–170k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $718k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
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Train Sim World® 2020 2017	Est. copies ≈ 240k–391k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $859k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains