How much revenue did Car Mechanic Simulator VR make?

$54k–$144k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Car Mechanic Simulator VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Car Mechanic Simulator VR sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 393 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $54k–$144k after Steam's cut $97k–$222k before Steam's cut; from 393 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 Car Mechanic Simulator VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Car Mechanic Simulator VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.8M–4.2M

best case 65.2M (War Thunder)

Games like Car Mechanic Simulator VR

A typical game among these

≈ 2.8M–4.2M copies

≈ $29.1M–$34.3M after Steam's cut

from ~85k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: War Thunder at ≈ 49.7M–80.7M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Anime, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Driving + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, 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 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

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SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
VRChat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9.3M–15.1M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	269k reviews Mostly Positive	VRFree to Play
Forza Horizon 5 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.4M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $115.3M–$310.1M after Steam's cut $209.7M–$477.1M before Steam's cut	$59.99	282k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
CarX Drift Racing Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.4M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.4M before Steam's cut	$16.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingPhysics
War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49.7M–80.7M 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	786k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–15.9M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut $97.8M–$222.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	175k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.0M–$53.8M after Steam's cut $36.4M–$82.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game
Rec Room 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	84k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayVR