How much revenue did Catan VR make?

$12k–$31k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Catan VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Catan VR sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 93 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut; from 93 reviews (Mostly Positive)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–2.7M

best case 2.8M (SteamVR)

Games like Catan VR

A typical game among these

≈ 1.7M–2.7M copies

≈ $10.6M–$36.9M after Steam's cut

from ~61k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SteamVR at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and VR (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Software.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 1 of the 7 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 61 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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SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
Tabletop Simulator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.0M–$53.8M after Steam's cut $36.4M–$82.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	75k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TabletopBoard Game
Assetto Corsa Competizione 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.4M after Steam's cut $28.0M–$63.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	49k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Tabletop Playground 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $51k–$115k before Steam's cut	$14.99	273 reviews Mixed	IndieSimulation
Hand Simulator 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$2.99	36k reviews Very Positive	SimulationFunny
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
Chess Ultra 2017	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $285k–$766k after Steam's cut $518k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$12.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyChess
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