How much revenue did The Shore VR make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Shore VR sell?

Q: How many copies did The Shore VR sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 74 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before the cut; from 74 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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 The Shore VR out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Shore VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–3k

best case 205k (Scanner Sombre)

Games like The Shore VR

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–3k copies

≈ $6k–$14k after Steam's cut

from ~43 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: Scanner Sombre at ≈ 156k–254k copies, ≈ $301k–$809k 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 25 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 6 to 29.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (7 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Horror, priced around $7. The breakout hits carry Indie + Walking Simulator + Atmospheric; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2023, and none of them 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 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
Scanner Sombre 2017	Est. copies ≈ 156k–254k 106x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $301k–$809k after Steam's cut $547k–$1.2M before the cut	$6.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationHorror
I'm on Observation Duty 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before the cut	$2.99	368 reviews Mostly Positive	VRPsychological Horror
DESOLATIUM: Prologue 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	121 reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationMystery
Tea For God 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before the cut	$19.99	93 reviews Very Positive	VRExploration
Cosmic Awakening VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 826–1k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut	$11.99	24 reviews Mixed	HorrorExploration
Bring to Light 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before the cut	$19.99	43 reviews Mixed	Survival Horror Horror
HOST 2018	Est. copies ≈ 821–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$9.99	27 reviews Positive	Early AccessExploration
Lust for Darkness VR: M Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before the cut	$19.99	30 reviews Mixed	AdventureExploration