How much revenue did Virtual Battlegrounds make?

$65k–$174k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Virtual Battlegrounds sell?

Q: How many copies did Virtual Battlegrounds sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 475 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $65k–$174k after Steam's cut $118k–$268k before Steam's cut; from 475 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 Virtual Battlegrounds and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Virtual Battlegrounds's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–963k

best case 65.2M (War Thunder)

Games like Virtual Battlegrounds

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–963k copies

≈ $6k–$514k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: War Thunder at ≈ 49.7M–80.7M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 14 reviews in their first month; the range was 12 to 656.

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 (6 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Vehicular Combat.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, 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
VR Jetpack Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	52 reviews Mostly Positive	VRFlight
War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49.7M–80.7M 750x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	786k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M 84x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	88k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerPhysics
Five Nights: No Escape 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$9.99	45 reviews Mixed	Puzzle Survival Horror
Contractors Showdown : ExfilZone 2024	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $488k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $888k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mixed	VRShooter
STAND OUT VR : VR Battle Royale 2019	Est. copies ≈ 41k–66k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $279k–$750k after Steam's cut $507k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleMassively Multiplayer
Combat Troops VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$11.99	41 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionSimulation
TramSim Munich - The Tram Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $164k–$441k after Steam's cut $298k–$678k before Steam's cut	$34.99	687 reviews Mixed	SimulationCasual