How much revenue did Panther VR make?

$8k–$23k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Panther VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Panther VR sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 124 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $8k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before the cut; from 124 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 Panther VR out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Panther VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 36k–4.5M

best case 55.9M (PAYDAY 2)

Games like Panther VR

The middle of these games

≈ 36k–4.5M copies

≈ $188k–$47.8M after Steam's cut

from ~28k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PAYDAY 2 at ≈ 42.6M–69.2M copies, ≈ $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 480 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 6 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Stealth (6 of 8) and Heist (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + FPS, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2025, and 3 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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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.9M–$77.8M after Steam's cut $52.6M–$119.7M before the cut	$19.99	108k reviews Very Positive	StealthOpen World
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PAYDAY 2 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.6M–69.2M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $117.1M–$314.7M after Steam's cut $212.8M–$484.2M before the cut	$9.99	674k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
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The Break-In 2025	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $356k–$957k after Steam's cut $647k–$1.5M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	VRMultiplayer
Thief Simulator VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $200k–$538k after Steam's cut $364k–$828k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mixed	VRSimulation
Do U Copy? 2024	Est. copies ≈ 967–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$12.99	39 reviews Mixed	CasualAsymmetric VR
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