How many copies did X8 sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 196 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did X8 make?

X8 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is X8?

Estimated owners: ≈ 5k–8k; from 196 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 X8 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including X8's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–10k

best case 436k (SUPERHOT VR)

Games like X8

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–10k copies

≈ $60k–$147k after Steam's cut

from ~204 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: SUPERHOT VR at ≈ 332k–540k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 149 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 50 to 304.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Shooter (7 of 8) and VR (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Shooter, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Bullet Time + Puzzle + Time Manipulation; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 43 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
SUPERHOT VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 332k–540k 47x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	VRShooter
oVRshot 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	70 reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterHero Shooter
Brazen Blaze -3vs3 Brawl Arena- 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	107 reviews Very Positive	VRArena Shooter
Federation77 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$34k before the cut	$9.99	119 reviews Mostly Positive	Arena ShooterCyberpunk
AGAINST 2025	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $43k–$116k after Steam's cut $78k–$178k before the cut	$19.99	316 reviews Mostly Positive	ShooterAction
The Living Remain 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $74k–$169k before the cut	$19.99	300 reviews Mostly Positive	VRAction-Adventure
Arken Age 2025	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $189k–$509k after Steam's cut $344k–$783k before the cut	$39.99	694 reviews Very Positive	VRAdventure
Larcenauts 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	204 reviews Mostly Positive	VRAction