How many copies did VTube Studio sell?

An estimated 176k to 286k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did VTube Studio make?

VTube Studio is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is VTube Studio?

Estimated owners: ≈ 176k–286k; from 7k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left VTube Studio out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including VTube Studio's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.6M–4.6M

best case 39.9M (Wallpaper Engine)

The Anime lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 4.4M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 4.4M copies

≈ $7.1M after Steam's cut

from ~84k reviews

Best case

≈ 39.9M copies

Wallpaper Engine · ≈ $76.9M after Steam's cut

from 1000k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The breakout hits carry Design & Illustration + Animation & Modeling + Utilities; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2014 to 2020, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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