How many copies did The IOTA Project sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 98 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did The IOTA Project make?

The IOTA Project is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is The IOTA Project?

Estimated owners: ≈ 3k–5k; from 98 reviews (Mixed)

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 IOTA Project out and predicted the genre from its 9 similar games. Every figure here, including The IOTA Project's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–37k

best case 12.1M (VRChat)

Games like The IOTA Project

The middle of these games

≈ 3k–37k copies

≈ $10k–$268k after Steam's cut

from ~592 reviews

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

3 of your 9 similar games are hits.

Best case: VRChat at ≈ 9.2M–15.0M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 263 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 11 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Mechs (8 of 9) and VR (8 of 9).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Anime. The breakout hits carry Anime + Memes + Funny; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 2 of your 9 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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VRChat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 453x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	268k reviews Mostly Positive	VRFree to Play
IRON REBELLION 2024	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $145k–$391k after Steam's cut $264k–$601k before the cut	$24.99	853 reviews Very Positive	VRMechs
Vox Machinae 2022	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $265k–$714k after Steam's cut $483k–$1.1M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	VRMechs
Strike Suit Zero 2013	Est. copies ≈ 106k–172k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceAction
OVRLRD 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$85k before the cut	$29.99	101 reviews Very Positive	SimulationVR
ARMS DOLL 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$18.99	41 reviews Positive	ActionVR
Archangel™: Hellfire - Enlist FREE 2017	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	395 reviews Mixed	ActionFree to Play
War Robots VR: The Skirmish 2017	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	788 reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayAction
Code51:Mecha Arena 2018	Est. copies ≈ 973–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$19.99	32 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionVR