How much revenue did Ori and the Will of the Wisps make?

$30.0M–$80.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ori and the Will of the Wisps sell?

Q: How many copies did Ori and the Will of the Wisps sell?

3.6M to 5.9M copies, based on its 147k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.6M–5.9M; $30.0M–$80.6M after Steam's cut $54.5M–$124.0M before Steam's cut; from 147k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Ori and the Will of the Wisps and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ori and the Will of the Wisps's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 530k–1.3M

best case 3.8M (GRIS)

Games like Ori and the Will of the Wisps

A typical game among these

≈ 530k–1.3M copies

≈ $4.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: GRIS at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (7 of 8) and Metroidvania (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Beautiful + Female Protagonist, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 of the 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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GRIS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	96k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulAtmospheric
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.4M–$44.1M after Steam's cut $29.8M–$67.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	72k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AtmosphericGreat Soundtrack
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Neva 2024	Est. copies ≈ 266k–432k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePlatformer
Dust: An Elysian Tail 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionPlatformer
FEZ 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerIndie
The Messenger 2018	Est. copies ≈ 404k–656k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	RetroPlatformer
Child of Light 2014	Est. copies ≈ 756k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	RPGFantasy