How much did the most expensive virtual item ever sold go for?

Gaming brutal Data from 2010

Guess before you scroll — the answer is below

Answer in dollars. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

$6,000,000

Roughly $6M.

A virtual space station in Entropia Universe sold for $6 million in 2010. The buyer treated it as a business: the station charges other players taxes on activity, and its owner has said it turned a profit.

Where this number comes from

Source Entropia Universe / MindArk transaction records
Figure refers to 2010
Last checked
Unit dollars

Numbers move. If this one has drifted from its source, let us know.

Think you can do better?

Five fresh questions every day. No account needed.

Play today’s puzzle

Related questions