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How many copies did Hidden Shapes Animals - VR sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 50–81
$124–$332 after Steam's cut $225–$510 before Steam's cut
from 2 reviews (2 user reviews)
Only 2 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–184k
best case 599k (The Room 4: Old Sins)
Games like Hidden Shapes Animals - VR

A typical game among these

≈ 12k–184k copies

≈ $62k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Room 4: Old Sins at ≈ 456k–741k copies, ≈ $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 22 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 3k.
Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Puzzle + Mystery, priced around $9.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2015 to 2021, 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

The Room 4: Old Sins
2021
Est. copies
≈ 456k–741k
12x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut
$8.99
18k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzleMystery
Time Lock VR 1
2017
Est. copies
≈ 26k–42k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$93k–$250k after Steam's cut $169k–$385k before Steam's cut
$12.99
757 reviews
Mostly Positive
PuzzleHidden Object
Please, Don’t Touch Anything
2015
Est. copies
≈ 273k–444k
3.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$375k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $682k–$1.6M before Steam's cut
$4.99
6k reviews
Very Positive
PuzzleIndie
I Expect You To Die
2017
Est. copies
≈ 96k–156k
1.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$658k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut
$24.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
VRPuzzle
Tales of Escape
2017
Est. copies
≈ 76k–124k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
2k reviews
Mixed
PuzzleMultiplayer
I'm on Observation Duty 3
2020
Est. copies
≈ 9k–15k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut
$2.99
370 reviews
Mostly Positive
Escape First 2
2019
Est. copies
≈ 8k–14k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut
$5.99
291 reviews
Mixed
AdventurePuzzle
A Shopping Trip to Eklan Tor
2020
Est. copies
≈ 6k–10k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
247 reviews
Very Positive
CasualVR

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