How much revenue did Time Machine VR make?

$40k–$108k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Time Machine VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Time Machine VR sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 117 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$166k before the cut; from 117 reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Time Machine VR out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Time Machine VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.6M–15.3M

best case 27.2M (The Forest)

Games like Time Machine VR

The middle of these games

≈ 8.6M–15.3M copies

≈ $64.6M–$211.3M after Steam's cut

from ~275k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Simulation (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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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The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Forza Horizon 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
No Man's Sky 2016	Est. copies ≈ 17.3M–28.1M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $285.6M–$767.9M after Steam's cut $519.3M–$1181.5M before the cut	$59.99	416k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldOpen World Survival Craft
Forza Horizon 5 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $114.8M–$308.7M after Steam's cut $208.8M–$474.9M before the cut	$59.99	281k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Elite Dangerous 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.9M–$77.6M after Steam's cut $52.5M–$119.4M before the cut	$19.99	108k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSpace
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.5M–$143.9M after Steam's cut $97.3M–$221.4M before the cut	$19.99	174k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
VRChat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	268k reviews Mostly Positive	VRFree to Play
Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.0M–$53.7M after Steam's cut $36.3M–$82.6M before the cut	$19.99	74k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game