How much revenue did Virtual Desktop Classic make?

$601k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Virtual Desktop Classic sell?

Q: How many copies did Virtual Desktop Classic sell?

87k to 142k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 87k–142k; $601k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

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 Virtual Desktop Classic and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Virtual Desktop Classic's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 55k–149k

best case 2.8M (SteamVR)

Games like Virtual Desktop Classic

A typical game among these

≈ 55k–149k copies

≈ $383k–$531k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SteamVR at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 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 49 reviews in their first month; the range was 33 to 156.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Software (8 of 8) and Utilities (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Software. The breakout hits carry Simulation + 3D + Shooter; a typical game here doesn't.
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
SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 49x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
OVR Advanced Settings 2020	Est. copies ≈ 130k–211k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $285k–$767k after Steam's cut $518k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$7.99	5k reviews Very Positive	VRUtilities
Standable: Full Body Estimation 2023	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $240k–$647k after Steam's cut $437k–$995k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieUtilities
OVR Toolkit - Desktop Overlay 2019	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $296k–$796k after Steam's cut $538k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$10.99	3k reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesVR
SteamVR Performance Test 2016	Est. copies ≈ 220k–358k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Mostly Positive	VRBenchmark
Are you ready for Valve Index? 2019	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	989 reviews Very Positive	VRUtilities
VoiceAttack 2017	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	UtilitiesVoice Control
XSOverlay 2020	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $110k–$295k after Steam's cut $200k–$454k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesVR