How many copies did Vacuum Pilot sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 204 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Vacuum Pilot make?

Vacuum Pilot is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Vacuum Pilot?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 5k–8k; from 204 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 Vacuum Pilot and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vacuum Pilot's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–56k

best case 555k (TrackMania² Stadium)

Games like Vacuum Pilot

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–56k copies

≈ $35k–$945k after Steam's cut

from ~467 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: TrackMania² Stadium at ≈ 423k–687k copies, ≈ $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Level Editor (6 of 8) and Racing (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, 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 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
TrackMania² Stadium 2013	Est. copies ≈ 423k–687k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RacingMultiplayer
Beeftacular 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before Steam's cut	$6.99	123 reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAction
Celaria 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut	$5.99	143 reviews Very Positive	ParkourPrecision Platformer
Dimension Jump 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	63 reviews Mixed	IndiePlatformer
Marble It Up! Ultra 2018	Est. copies ≈ 35k–56k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $286k–$768k after Steam's cut $519k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	3D PlatformerFast-Paced
Remnants of Naezith 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$227k before Steam's cut	$9.99	657 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerIndie
Trackmania® Turbo 2016	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $739k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	2k reviews Mixed	RacingArcade
Rocket Boots Mania 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$76k after Steam's cut $51k–$117k before Steam's cut	$14.99	276 reviews Very Positive	SportsParkour