How much revenue did L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files make?

$331k–$889k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files sell?

Q: How many copies did L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files sell?

40k to 65k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 40k–65k; $331k–$889k after Steam's cut $601k–$1.4M before the cut; from 1k 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 L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 809k–5.7M

best case 10.2M (Batman™: Arkham Knight)

Games like L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files

The middle of these games

≈ 809k–5.7M copies

≈ $11.2M–$51.2M after Steam's cut

from ~51k 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: Batman™: Arkham Knight at ≈ 7.8M–12.6M copies, ≈ $42.7M–$114.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (8 of 8) and VR (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Superhero, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2026, and 1 of your 8 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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Batman™: Arkham Origins 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.7M–$61.0M after Steam's cut $41.2M–$93.8M before the cut	$19.99	65k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $27.1M–$72.8M after Steam's cut $49.2M–$111.9M before the cut	$19.99	78k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionOpen World
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Batman™: Arkham Knight 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.8M–12.6M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $42.7M–$114.8M after Steam's cut $77.7M–$176.7M before the cut	$19.99	159k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
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