How much revenue did Late For Work make?

$10k–$27k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Late For Work sell?

Q: How many copies did Late For Work sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 84 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before Steam's cut; from 84 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 Late For Work and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Late For Work's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–35k

best case 1.1M (Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes)

Games like Late For Work

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–35k copies

≈ $136k–$274k after Steam's cut

from ~670 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: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes at ≈ 838k–1.4M copies, ≈ $3.5M–$9.3M 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 511 reviews in their first month; the range was 339 to 899.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (7 of 8) and Asymmetric VR (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Violent, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry 3D Fighter + Gore + Funny; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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DAVIGO: VR vs. PC 2023	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $240k–$644k after Steam's cut $436k–$991k before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessVR
GORN 2019	Est. copies ≈ 237k–385k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
VR The Diner Duo 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $75k–$201k after Steam's cut $136k–$310k before Steam's cut	$14.99	437 reviews Very Positive	Asymmetric VRVR
First Person Tennis - The Real Tennis Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $73k–$197k after Steam's cut $133k–$303k before Steam's cut	$24.99	370 reviews Very Positive	TennisVR
IronWolf VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $162k–$435k after Steam's cut $294k–$669k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Co-opSubmarine
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 838k–1.4M 26x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.3M after Steam's cut $6.3M–$14.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opLocal Multiplayer
Fast and Low 2023	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $110k–$295k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before Steam's cut	$19.99	804 reviews Very Positive	VROnline Co-Op
Containment Initiative 2017	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $51k–$136k after Steam's cut $92k–$210k before Steam's cut	$9.99	536 reviews Very Positive	FPSShooter