How much revenue did 3DMark make?

$4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 3DMark sell?

Q: How many copies did 3DMark sell?

520k to 845k copies, based on its 21k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 520k–845k; $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.8M–$17.7M before Steam's cut; from 21k 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 3DMark and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 3DMark's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–42k

best case 289k (SteamVR Performance Test)

Games like 3DMark

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–42k copies

≈ $74k–$168k after Steam's cut

from ~261 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SteamVR Performance Test at ≈ 220k–358k copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Benchmark (8 of 8) and Utilities (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Benchmark.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2019, 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 36 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
3DMark 11 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	53 reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesBenchmark
OpenVR Benchmark 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	90 reviews Mostly Positive	UtilitiesBenchmark
Catzilla 4K - Advanced 2014	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $42k–$114k after Steam's cut $77k–$175k before Steam's cut	$14.99	183 reviews Mostly Negative	BenchmarkUtilities
Star Swarm Stress Test 2014	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	339 reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesBenchmark
SteamVR Performance Test 2016	Est. copies ≈ 220k–358k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Mostly Positive	VRBenchmark
fpsVR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k 9.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $79k–$212k after Steam's cut $143k–$326k before Steam's cut	$3.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieVR
VRMark 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34k–$90k after Steam's cut $61k–$139k before Steam's cut	$19.99	147 reviews Mixed	UtilitiesVR
PCMark 10 2017	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $127k–$342k after Steam's cut $231k–$526k before Steam's cut	$29.99	448 reviews Mixed	UtilitiesBenchmark