How much revenue did Pipeline VR make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pipeline VR sell?

Q: How many copies did Pipeline VR sell?

446 to 725 copies, based on its 18 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 446–725; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 18 reviews (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 Pipeline VR out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pipeline VR's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–3k

best case 4k (Rainbow Reactor)

Games like Pipeline VR

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–3k copies

≈ $10k–$23k after Steam's cut

from ~55 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Rainbow Reactor at ≈ 3k–5k copies, ≈ $13k–$34k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 16 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 8 to 38.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (8 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Match 3, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, 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 61 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Shonen Adventure : The Dual Blades Hero 2021	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $954–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$13.99	10 reviews Positive	RPGFantasy
Vendetta Forever 2025	Est. copies ≈ 967–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$19.99	39 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionPuzzle
Boxed In 2017	Est. copies ≈ 413–671 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $567–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut	$4.99	12 reviews Positive	CasualIndie
JUMP 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$9.99	39 reviews Mixed	ActionIndie
Rainbow Reactor 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before the cut	$14.99	106 reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Vetrix 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut	$5.99	48 reviews Positive	PuzzleArcade
Unplugged 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$49k before the cut	$19.99	86 reviews Mixed	Score AttackVR
The Tale of Onogoro 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$61k before the cut	$34.99	62 reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure