How much revenue did Tanks VR make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tanks VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Tanks VR sell?

760 to 1k copies, based on its 25 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 760–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 25 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 Tanks VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tanks VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–199k

best case 3.4M (DCS World Steam Edition)

Games like Tanks VR

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–199k copies

≈ $5k–$63k after Steam's cut

from ~38 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: DCS World Steam Edition at ≈ 2.6M–4.2M copies.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 126 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and VR (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Flight.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2026, and 1 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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Winter Fury: The Longest Road 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$18.99	36 reviews Positive	SimulationVR
Panzer Panic VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$9.99	31 reviews Mostly Negative	ActionCasual
D-Day VR Museum 2026	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$14.99	21 reviews Positive	VRWorld War II
Steel Crew 2021	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k 16x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $63k–$169k after Steam's cut $114k–$260k before Steam's cut	$14.99	615 reviews Very Positive	ActionVR
VR T72 Battle in Afghanistan 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$112 before Steam's cut	$3.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	ActionSimulation
Tank Mechanic Simulator VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$19.99	40 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationVR
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad 2014	Est. copies ≈ 559k–909k 263x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	FlightRealistic
DCS World Steam Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 1085x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight