How much revenue did Rec Room make?

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

How many copies did Rec Room sell?

Q: How many copies did Rec Room sell?

An estimated 2.1M to 3.3M copies, based on its 83k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.1M–3.3M; from 83k 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 Rec Room out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rec Room's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.6M–12.7M

best case 52.2M (War Thunder)

The Simulation lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 10.8M copies.

A typical game

≈ 10.8M copies

≈ $42.6M after Steam's cut

from ~218k reviews

Best case

≈ 52.2M copies

War Thunder

from 765k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Free to Play + Simulation, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2013 to 2021, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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