How much revenue did The 7th Guest VR make?

$79k–$212k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The 7th Guest VR sell?

Q: How many copies did The 7th Guest VR sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 578 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $79k–$212k after Steam's cut $143k–$326k before Steam's cut; from 578 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 The 7th Guest VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The 7th Guest VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 95k–142k

best case 632k (Escape Simulator)

Games like The 7th Guest VR

A typical game among these

≈ 95k–142k copies

≈ $974k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Escape Simulator at ≈ 482k–783k copies, ≈ $2.6M–$7.1M 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 724 reviews in their first month; the range was 329 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and First-Person (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Escape Room, priced around $14. The breakout hits carry Escape Room + Mystery + Point & Click; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 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).

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Myst 2021	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $528k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $960k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Riven 2024	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Obduction 2016	Est. copies ≈ 166k–270k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
The Room VR: A Dark Matter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 456k–741k 7.2x 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
Kairo 2013	Est. copies ≈ 111k–180k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $152k–$409k after Steam's cut $277k–$630k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleExploration
Tales of Escape 2017	Est. copies ≈ 76k–124k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	PuzzleMultiplayer