How much revenue did The Room VR: A Dark Matter make?

$722k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Room VR: A Dark Matter sell?

Q: How many copies did The Room VR: A Dark Matter sell?

105k to 171k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 105k–171k; $722k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before the cut; from 4k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

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 The Room VR: A Dark Matter out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Room VR: A Dark Matter's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 75k–114k

best case 626k (Escape Simulator)

The Puzzle genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 75k–114k copies

≈ $408k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Best case

≈ 477k–775k copies

Escape Simulator · ≈ $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and First-Person (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Escape Room, priced around $14. The breakout hits carry Escape Room + Mystery + Point & Click; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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