How much revenue did VSCS-II make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did VSCS-II sell?

Q: How many copies did VSCS-II sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut; from 23 reviews (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 VSCS-II out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including VSCS-II's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 256k–812k

best case 1.3M (Unheard - Voices of Crime)

Games like VSCS-II

The middle of these games

≈ 256k–812k copies

≈ $415k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Unheard - Voices of Crime at ≈ 976k–1.6M copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 134 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 11 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Story Rich (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Puzzle, priced around $7.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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
The Test: Hypothesis Rising 2020	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $80k–$216k after Steam's cut $146k–$332k before the cut	$1.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationMultiple Endings
Unheard - Voices of Crime 2019	Est. copies ≈ 976k–1.6M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.0M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before the cut	$6.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectivePuzzle
Death and Taxes 2020	Est. copies ≈ 211k–343k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $755k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$12.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
The Test 2020	Est. copies ≈ 499k–811k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $273k–$734k after Steam's cut $497k–$1.1M before the cut	$1.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureSimulation
Survivor Dieland 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$1.99	234 reviews Very Positive	SimulationMultiple Endings
The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening 2020	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before the cut	$1.99	417 reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterMultiple Endings
청춘향전 Cheongchunhyang Jeon 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$4.99	64 reviews Very Positive	SimulationCinematic
Will Die Alone 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$4.99	67 reviews Mostly Positive	Text-BasedSimulation