How many copies did SteamVR sell?

2.2M to 3.5M copies, based on its 87k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did SteamVR make?

SteamVR is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is SteamVR?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 2.2M–3.5M; from 87k 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 SteamVR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SteamVR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–35k

best case 177k (Bigscreen Beta)

Games like SteamVR

A typical game among these

≈ 10k–35k copies

≈ $51k–$116k after Steam's cut

from ~341 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: Bigscreen Beta at ≈ 135k–220k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 52 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 305.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (6 of 8) and Software (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Software.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
Star Trek: Starfleet Command Gold Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $50k–$133k after Steam's cut $90k–$205k before Steam's cut	$19.99	217 reviews Mixed	StrategySimulation
Kodon 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $67k–$180k after Steam's cut $122k–$277k before Steam's cut	$24.99	393 reviews Mixed	SimulationAnimation & Modeling
Airport Ground Handling Simulator VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before Steam's cut	$29.99	132 reviews Mixed	VRFlight
Bigscreen Beta 2016	Est. copies ≈ 135k–220k 9.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	VRFree to Play
Are you ready for Valve Index? 2019	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	989 reviews Very Positive	VRUtilities
Virtual Home Theater VR Video Player 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$120k before Steam's cut	$29.99	122 reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
Moon VR Video Player 2017	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $50k–$113k before Steam's cut	$9.99	289 reviews Mixed	UtilitiesVideo Production
Beam Eye Tracker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $213k–$573k after Steam's cut $388k–$882k before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationUtilities