How much revenue did Vox Machinae make?

$267k–$717k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Vox Machinae sell?

Q: How many copies did Vox Machinae sell?

32k to 53k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 32k–53k; $267k–$717k after Steam's cut $485k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Vox Machinae and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vox Machinae's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 23k–75k

best case 1.2M (War Robots)

Games like Vox Machinae

A typical game among these

≈ 23k–75k copies

≈ $242k–$755k after Steam's cut

from ~861 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: War Robots at ≈ 943k–1.5M copies. 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 500 reviews in their first month; the range was 75 to 570.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mechs (6 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Robots + Mechs. The breakout hits carry PvP + Third-Person Shooter + 3D; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 2 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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