How much revenue did PunjiVR: The Vietnam War make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PunjiVR: The Vietnam War sell?

Q: How many copies did PunjiVR: The Vietnam War sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 133 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$49k before Steam's cut; from 133 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 PunjiVR: The Vietnam War and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PunjiVR: The Vietnam War's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 85k–828k

best case 2.7M (Rising Storm 2: Vietnam)

Games like PunjiVR: The Vietnam War

A typical game among these

≈ 85k–828k copies

≈ $184k–$12.8M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Rising Storm 2: Vietnam at ≈ 2.0M–3.3M copies, ≈ $14.0M–$37.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (6 of 8) and Tactical (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Wargame, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 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
Men of War: Vietnam 2011	Est. copies ≈ 85k–138k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $186k–$501k after Steam's cut $339k–$770k before Steam's cut	$7.99	1k reviews Mixed	StrategyWar
Operation: Harsh Doorstop 2023	Est. copies ≈ 516k–838k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	21k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMilitary
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 2017	Est. copies ≈ 413–671 SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$24.99	12 reviews Positive	FPSWar
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified 2013	Est. copies ≈ 764k–1.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.3M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionTactical
Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered 2011	Est. copies ≈ 408k–663k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAction
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M 6.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.0M–$37.7M after Steam's cut $25.5M–$58.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	59k reviews Very Positive	FPSWargame
Line of Sight: Vietnam 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $13k–$36k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before Steam's cut	$9.99	118 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionFPS
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War 2023	Est. copies ≈ 586k–952k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.7M–$26.0M after Steam's cut $17.6M–$40.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	24k reviews Mostly Positive	SingleplayerFPS