How much revenue did SUPERHOT VR make?

$2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SUPERHOT VR sell?

Q: How many copies did SUPERHOT VR sell?

332k to 540k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 332k–540k; $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut; from 10k 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 SUPERHOT VR out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SUPERHOT VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–170k

best case 2.2M (SUPERHOT)

Games like SUPERHOT VR

The middle of these games

≈ 18k–170k copies

≈ $103k–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~727 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: SUPERHOT at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies, ≈ $11.6M–$31.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 128 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 63 to 572.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (7 of 8) and Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Bullet Time, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 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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HARD BULLET 2020	Est. copies ≈ 162k–263k 9.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $891k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	VRGore
SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 56x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.6M–$31.3M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.1M before the cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Pistol Whip 2019	Est. copies ≈ 118k–192k 5.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $977k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Hellsweeper VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $85k–$227k after Steam's cut $154k–$350k before the cut	$19.99	620 reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashAction Roguelike
Aeon 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$66k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before the cut	$9.99	261 reviews Mostly Positive	FPSAction
Bullet Sorrow VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$215k before the cut	$19.99	275 reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
ZomDay 2020	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before the cut	$9.99	834 reviews Very Positive	ZombiesVR
Espire 1: VR Operative 2019	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $92k–$248k after Steam's cut $168k–$381k before the cut	$19.99	582 reviews Mixed	3D PlatformerVR