How much revenue did Bartender VR Simulator make?

$29k–$79k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bartender VR Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Bartender VR Simulator sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 176 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$122k before the cut; from 176 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 Bartender VR Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bartender VR Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–1.6M

best case 12.8M (Assetto Corsa)

Games like Bartender VR Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–1.6M copies

≈ $31k–$10.9M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Assetto Corsa at ≈ 9.7M–15.8M copies, ≈ $53.5M–$143.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 63 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 2k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Physics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 2 of your 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 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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Cooking Simulator VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $237k–$638k after Steam's cut $431k–$981k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationVR
Fast Food Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 243k–396k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before the cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	SimulationOnline Co-Op
CarX Drift Racing Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.3M before the cut	$16.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingPhysics
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M 30x vs typical 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
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Cooking Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 568k–922k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before the cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCooking
Zombie Bar Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $41k–$92k before the cut	$19.99	164 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationVR
BAR OLD PAL VR : PROLOGUE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 198–322 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $108–$292 after Steam's cut $197–$449 before the cut	$1.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	Simulation3D