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 Steam's cut; from 176 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 Bartender VR Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bartender VR Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–1.6M

best case 12.8M (Assetto Corsa)

Games like Bartender VR Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–1.6M copies

≈ $31k–$10.9M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Assetto Corsa at ≈ 9.8M–15.9M copies, ≈ $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

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

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 Physics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 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 70 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
Cooking Simulator VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $237k–$638k after Steam's cut $431k–$981k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationVR
Fast Food Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 245k–398k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's 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 $14.4M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.4M before Steam's cut	$16.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingPhysics
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–15.9M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut $97.8M–$222.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	175k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Cyber Puncake 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $96–$257 after Steam's cut $175–$396 before Steam's cut	$6.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	SimulationCasual
Cooking Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 568k–923k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's 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 Steam's 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 Steam's cut	$1.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	Simulation3D