How much revenue did Cooking Simulator VR make?

$237k–$638k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cooking Simulator VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Cooking Simulator VR sell?

43k to 70k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 43k–70k; $237k–$638k after Steam's cut $431k–$981k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Cooking Simulator VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cooking Simulator VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–10k

best case 746k (Cooking Simulator)

Games like Cooking Simulator VR

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–10k copies

≈ $24k–$89k after Steam's cut

from ~122 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cooking Simulator at ≈ 568k–923k copies, ≈ $3.1M–$8.4M 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 32 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 2k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Cooking (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Cooking, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry First-Person + Realistic + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 2 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
Cooking Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 568k–923k 162x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCooking
Fast Food Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 245k–398k 81x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	SimulationOnline Co-Op
VR The Diner Duo 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k 3.6x vs typical 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
Pizza Master VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$8.99	70 reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual
Rags to Dishes 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$91k before Steam's cut	$19.99	161 reviews Very Positive	SimulationCasual
Counter Fight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	221 reviews Very Positive	SimulationCasual
Counter Fight: Samurai Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	82 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAction
Grill on Wheels 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	42 reviews Mixed	SimulationCooking