How much revenue did Sheriff Exam make?

$762–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sheriff Exam sell?

Q: How many copies did Sheriff Exam sell?

347 to 564 copies, based on its 14 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 347–564; $762–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 14 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 Sheriff Exam and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sheriff Exam's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–3.0M

best case 2.8M (SteamVR)

Games like Sheriff Exam

A typical game among these

≈ 1.4M–3.0M copies

≈ $14.4M–$18.6M after Steam's cut

from ~42k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SteamVR at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (8 of 8) and VR (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Software.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 2 of the 7 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
BONEWORKS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.8M–$35.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics
Unforgiven VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $791–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$1.99	42 reviews Mixed	IndieAction
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.6M–$31.1M after Steam's cut $21.0M–$47.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	44k reviews Very Positive	WesternFPS
Pavlov 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.9M–$18.6M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	VRShooter
High Noon VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$9.99	69 reviews Mixed	ActionVR
EvilPunk 2024	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $885–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	26 reviews Mixed	VRRogue-like
Dick Wilde 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$33k before Steam's cut	$14.99	57 reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual