How much revenue did Operation Armstrong make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Operation Armstrong sell?

Q: How many copies did Operation Armstrong sell?

670 to 1k copies, based on its 27 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 670–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut; from 27 reviews (Mostly 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 Operation Armstrong and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Operation Armstrong's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 26k–74k

best case 217k (FOREWARNED)

Games like Operation Armstrong

A typical game among these

≈ 26k–74k copies

≈ $186k–$569k 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.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: FOREWARNED at ≈ 166k–269k copies, ≈ $592k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 899 reviews in their first month; the range was 339 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (8 of 8) and Co-op (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $13.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
VR The Diner Duo 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $75k–$201k after Steam's cut $136k–$310k before Steam's cut	$14.99	437 reviews Very Positive	Asymmetric VRVR
Containment Initiative 2017	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $51k–$136k after Steam's cut $92k–$210k before Steam's cut	$9.99	536 reviews Very Positive	FPSShooter
IronWolf VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $162k–$435k after Steam's cut $294k–$669k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Co-opSubmarine
FOREWARNED 2024	Est. copies ≈ 166k–269k 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $592k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$12.99	7k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Fast and Low 2023	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $110k–$295k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before Steam's cut	$19.99	804 reviews Very Positive	VROnline Co-Op
DAVIGO: VR vs. PC 2023	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $240k–$644k after Steam's cut $436k–$991k before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessVR
VR Dungeon Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 49k–79k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $269k–$723k after Steam's cut $489k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGAdventure
After the Fall® 2021	Est. copies ≈ 78k–126k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $428k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $777k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	VRCo-op