How much revenue did Swordsman VR make?

$95k–$257k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Swordsman VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Swordsman VR sell?

17k to 28k copies, based on its 700 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–28k; $95k–$257k after Steam's cut $174k–$395k before Steam's cut; from 700 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 Swordsman VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Swordsman VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 105k–215k

best case 2.9M (Beat Saber)

Games like Swordsman VR

A typical game among these

≈ 105k–215k copies

≈ $969k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Beat Saber at ≈ 2.2M–3.6M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 49k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (6 of 8) and Swordplay (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Swordplay, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Moddable + Violent; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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 79 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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Until You Fall 2020	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $565k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	VRSwordplay
Blade and Sorcery 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.2M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	62k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRSwordplay
Hellish Quart 2021	Est. copies ≈ 212k–344k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$17.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessFighting
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Hellsplit: Arena 2019	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $783k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Vanishing Realms™ 2019	Est. copies ≈ 74k–121k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $408k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $742k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	VRSwordplay
GORN 2019	Est. copies ≈ 237k–385k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Beat Saber 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRRhythm