How many copies did The IOTA Project sell?

3k to 6k copies, based on its 99 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did The IOTA Project make?

The IOTA Project is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is The IOTA Project?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 3k–6k; from 99 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 The IOTA Project and predicted how it would do from its 9 similar games. Every figure here, including The IOTA Project's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–37k

best case 12.2M (VRChat)

Games like The IOTA Project

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–37k copies

≈ $10k–$271k after Steam's cut

from ~590 reviews

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

3 of the 9 similar games are hits.

Best case: VRChat at ≈ 9.3M–15.1M 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 263 reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mechs (8 of 9) and VR (8 of 9).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Anime. The breakout hits carry Anime + Memes + Funny; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 2 of the 9 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
VRChat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9.3M–15.1M 456x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	269k reviews Mostly Positive	VRFree to Play
IRON REBELLION 2024	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $147k–$395k after Steam's cut $267k–$607k before Steam's cut	$24.99	861 reviews Very Positive	VRMechs
Vox Machinae 2022	Est. copies ≈ 32k–53k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $267k–$717k after Steam's cut $485k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	VRMechs
Strike Suit Zero 2013	Est. copies ≈ 106k–172k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceAction
OVRLRD 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$85k before Steam's cut	$29.99	101 reviews Very Positive	SimulationVR
ARMS DOLL 2022	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$18.99	40 reviews Positive	ActionVR
Archangel™: Hellfire - Enlist FREE 2017	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	396 reviews Mixed	ActionFree to Play
War Robots VR: The Skirmish 2017	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	784 reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayAction
Code51:Mecha Arena 2018	Est. copies ≈ 973–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$19.99	32 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionVR