How many copies did VRoid Studio sell?

118k to 191k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did VRoid Studio make?

VRoid Studio is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is VRoid Studio?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 118k–191k; from 5k 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 VRoid Studio and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including VRoid Studio's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–3.0M

best case 6.7M (Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition)

Games like VRoid Studio

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–3.0M copies

≈ $41k–$7.1M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Simulation (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition at ≈ 5.1M–8.3M copies, ≈ $27.9M–$75.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (4 of 8) and Automobile Sim (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2021, 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).

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PBA Pro Bowling 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $41k–$92k before Steam's cut	$14.99	188 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
FlatOut 2 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$16.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingCombat Racing
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist 2015	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $181k–$486k after Steam's cut $329k–$747k before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MemesPixel Graphics
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$75.1M after Steam's cut $50.8M–$115.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	205k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Pool 2D - Poolians 2019	Est. copies ≈ 297k–483k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayPool
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.2M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	204k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
AVATARIKA 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	214 reviews Mixed	Free to PlaySexual Content
Alley Catz Bowling 2021	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $136–$365 after Steam's cut $247–$561 before Steam's cut	$1.99	10 reviews Positive	SimulationSports