How many copies did VRChat sell?

9.2M to 15.0M copies, based on its 268k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did VRChat make?

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

How big is VRChat?

Estimated owners: ≈ 9.2M–15.0M; from 268k 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 VRChat out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including VRChat's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.3M–13.3M

best case 64.7M (War Thunder)

Games like VRChat

The middle of these games

≈ 4.3M–13.3M copies

≈ $26.4M–$98.5M after Steam's cut

from ~142k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: War Thunder at ≈ 49.3M–80.1M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (5 of 8) and Racing (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Vehicular Combat.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2021, 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 79 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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Soundpad 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before the cut	$4.99	104k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
War Thunder 2013	Est. copies ≈ 49.3M–80.1M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	780k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlaySimulation
Forza Horizon 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.5M–18.7M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.0M–$255.4M after Steam's cut $172.7M–$393.0M before the cut	$29.99	379k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
House Flipper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.3M–$62.6M after Steam's cut $42.3M–$96.3M before the cut	$24.99	111k reviews Very Positive	SimulationDesign & Illustration
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.4M–$143.6M after Steam's cut $97.1M–$220.9M before the cut	$19.99	173k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	88k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerPhysics
CarX Drift Racing Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.5M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.3M before the cut	$16.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingPhysics