How much revenue did Hellsweeper VR make?

$85k–$227k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hellsweeper VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Hellsweeper VR sell?

15k to 25k copies, based on its 620 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–25k; $85k–$227k after Steam's cut $154k–$350k before Steam's cut; from 620 reviews (Very 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 Hellsweeper VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hellsweeper VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 44k–64k

best case 92k (Army of Ruin)

Games like Hellsweeper VR

A typical game among these

≈ 44k–64k copies

≈ $115k–$324k 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: Army of Ruin at ≈ 70k–114k copies, ≈ $154k–$413k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 492 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Hack and Slash (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $8.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, and 3 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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ANVIL 2023	Est. copies ≈ 54k–89k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $374k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $681k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mixed	Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
God's Trigger 2019	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $120k–$321k after Steam's cut $217k–$495k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
Army of Ruin 2023	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $154k–$413k after Steam's cut $279k–$635k before Steam's cut	$7.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot 2024	Est. copies ≈ 43k–69k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $59k–$158k after Steam's cut $107k–$243k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
X Invader 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before Steam's cut	$4.99	580 reviews Mostly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpArena Shooter
Larva Mortus 2009	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $65k–$174k after Steam's cut $118k–$268k before Steam's cut	$4.99	746 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Space Hack 2014	Est. copies ≈ 46k–75k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $63k–$171k after Steam's cut $115k–$263k before Steam's cut	$4.99	826 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeHack and Slash
KIBORG 2025	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $242k–$651k after Steam's cut $440k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction RPG