How much revenue did Chess VR: Multiverse Journey make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chess VR: Multiverse Journey sell?

Q: How many copies did Chess VR: Multiverse Journey sell?

397 to 645 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397–645; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 16 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 Chess VR: Multiverse Journey and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chess VR: Multiverse Journey's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–22k

best case 31k (Nexus 5X)

Games like Chess VR: Multiverse Journey

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–22k copies

≈ $6k–$183k after Steam's cut

from ~168 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Nexus 5X at ≈ 24k–38k copies, ≈ $97k–$261k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 68 reviews in their first month; the range was 13 to 671.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Tactics (7 of 8) and Board Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Board Game + Tabletop, priced around $15.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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