How much revenue did L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files make?

$332k–$892k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files sell?

Q: How many copies did L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files sell?

40k to 65k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 40k–65k; $332k–$892k after Steam's cut $604k–$1.4M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 811k–5.7M

best case 10.3M (Batman™: Arkham Knight)

Games like L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files

A typical game among these

≈ 811k–5.7M copies

≈ $11.2M–$51.5M after Steam's cut

from ~51k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Batman™: Arkham Knight at ≈ 7.8M–12.7M copies, ≈ $43.0M–$115.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (8 of 8) and VR (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Superhero, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Batman™: Arkham Origins 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.8M–$61.3M after Steam's cut $41.5M–$94.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	66k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.3M–$73.3M after Steam's cut $49.6M–$112.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	78k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionOpen World
L.A. Noire 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.8M–$34.5M after Steam's cut $23.4M–$53.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveCrime
Fallout 4 VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 302k–490k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	9k reviews Mixed	VROpen World
Batman™: Arkham Knight 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.8M–12.7M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.0M–$115.6M after Steam's cut $78.2M–$177.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	160k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
X-Plane 11 2017	Est. copies ≈ 699k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.8M–$15.5M after Steam's cut $10.5M–$23.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 375k–610k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.7M after Steam's cut $11.3M–$25.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	12k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldRPG
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition 2026	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.9M–$80.5M after Steam's cut $54.4M–$123.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	73k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFlight