How many copies did Thunderballs VR sell?

372 to 605 copies, based on its 15 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Thunderballs VR make?

Thunderballs VR is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Thunderballs VR?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 372–605; from 15 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 Thunderballs VR and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Thunderballs VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–100k

best case 780k (Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades)

Games like Thunderballs VR

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–100k copies

≈ $64k–$593k after Steam's cut

from ~466 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades at ≈ 594k–966k copies, ≈ $3.3M–$8.8M 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 24 to 24k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (8 of 8) and Physics (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + VR, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2026, and 3 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 36 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
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2026	Est. copies ≈ 594k–966k 51x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxVR
Voxel Project VR 2025	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $59k–$159k after Steam's cut $107k–$244k before Steam's cut	$24.99	346 reviews Very Positive	DestructionVR
HARD BULLET 2020	Est. copies ≈ 163k–264k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $894k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	VRGore
BRUTALISTICK VR 2024	Est. copies ≈ 48k–77k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $131k–$352k after Steam's cut $238k–$542k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	GoreAction
Disassembly VR 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $42k–$112k after Steam's cut $76k–$173k before Steam's cut	$29.99	176 reviews Mixed	SimulationAction
Airborn 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut	$12.99	99 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Crunch Element 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $80k–$214k after Steam's cut $145k–$330k before Steam's cut	$19.99	585 reviews Mixed	FPSPvE
Kill It With Fire VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before Steam's cut	$14.99	133 reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual