How much revenue did Hot Pot VR make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hot Pot VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Hot Pot VR 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; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut; from 23 reviews (Mostly 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 Hot Pot VR out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hot Pot VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–122k

best case 744k (Cooking Simulator)

Games like Hot Pot VR

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–122k copies

≈ $65k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~330 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cooking Simulator at ≈ 567k–921k copies, ≈ $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 174 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 20 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Cooking (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Cooking, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 52 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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Counter Fight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	221 reviews Very Positive	SimulationCasual
Counter Fight: Samurai Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	82 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAction
Fast Food Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 241k–392k 30x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $994k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	SimulationOnline Co-Op
Rags to Dishes 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$90k before the cut	$19.99	160 reviews Very Positive	SimulationCasual
Cooking Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 567k–921k 60x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before the cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCooking
Pizza Master VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before the cut	$8.99	70 reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual
VR The Diner Duo 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $75k–$202k after Steam's cut $137k–$311k before the cut	$14.99	438 reviews Very Positive	Asymmetric VRVR
Cooking Simulator VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $237k–$636k after Steam's cut $430k–$979k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationVR