How much revenue did The Shore VR make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Shore VR sell?

Q: How many copies did The Shore VR sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 74 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut; from 74 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–3k

best case 207k (Scanner Sombre)

Games like The Shore VR

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–3k copies

≈ $6k–$14k after Steam's cut

from ~43 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Scanner Sombre at ≈ 157k–256k copies, ≈ $303k–$814k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 25 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 29.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (7 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Horror, priced around $7. The breakout hits carry Indie + Walking Simulator + Atmospheric; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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
Scanner Sombre 2017	Est. copies ≈ 157k–256k 106x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $303k–$814k after Steam's cut $550k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$6.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationHorror
I'm on Observation Duty 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$2.99	370 reviews Mostly Positive	VRPsychological Horror
DESOLATIUM: Prologue 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	122 reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationMystery
Tea For God 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before Steam's cut	$19.99	93 reviews Very Positive	VRExploration
Cosmic Awakening VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 826–1k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$11.99	24 reviews Mixed	HorrorExploration
Bring to Light 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$19.99	43 reviews Mixed	Survival Horror Horror
HOST 2018	Est. copies ≈ 821–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$9.99	27 reviews Positive	Early AccessExploration
Lust for Darkness VR: M Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before Steam's cut	$19.99	30 reviews Mixed	AdventureExploration