How much revenue did Hot Pot VR make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hot Pot VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Hot Pot VR sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 23 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 Hot Pot VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hot Pot VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–123k

best case 746k (Cooking Simulator)

Games like Hot Pot VR

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–123k copies

≈ $65k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~329 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cooking Simulator at ≈ 568k–923k copies, ≈ $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 173 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 2k.

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 $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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
Counter Fight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 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
Fast Food Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 245k–398k 30x 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
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
Cooking Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 568k–923k 60x 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
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
VR The Diner Duo 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k 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
Cooking Simulator VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $237k–$638k after Steam's cut $431k–$981k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationVR