How much revenue did Lantern Light VR make?

Lantern Light VR is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Lantern Light VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Lantern Light VR sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Only 2 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Lantern Light VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lantern Light VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 98k–227k

best case 1.2M (Mountain)

Games like Lantern Light VR

A typical game among these

≈ 98k–227k copies

≈ $563k–$965k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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.

Best case: Mountain at ≈ 912k–1.5M copies, ≈ $248k–$668k after Steam's cut.

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 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Puzzle (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + God Game, priced around $1.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2023, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Doodle God 2015	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $313k–$841k after Steam's cut $569k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
We. The Revolution 2019	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $394k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $716k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	HistoricalChoices Matter
Human Resource Machine 2015	Est. copies ≈ 230k–373k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $946k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ProgrammingPuzzle
Uplink 2006	Est. copies ≈ 154k–251k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $508k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $924k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	HackingIndie
Cloud Gardens 2021	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $284k–$762k after Steam's cut $516k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	NatureSandbox
Moncage 2021	Est. copies ≈ 138k–224k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $568k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Fly Corp 2023	Est. copies ≈ 85k–138k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $350k–$941k after Steam's cut $636k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	TransportationCasual
Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie