How many copies did Whateverland: Prologue sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 190 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Whateverland: Prologue make?

Whateverland: Prologue is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Whateverland: Prologue?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 5k–8k; from 190 reviews (Very 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 Whateverland: Prologue and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Whateverland: Prologue's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–1.7M

best case 1.9M (NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD)

Games like Whateverland: Prologue

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–1.7M copies

≈ $11.1M–$11.7M after Steam's cut

from ~35k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Choices Matter (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD at ≈ 1.4M–2.4M copies, ≈ $6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 9k reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 17k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choices Matter (4 of 8) and Multiple Endings (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Anime, priced around $16.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 2 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 52 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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NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.4M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.3M before Steam's cut	$15.99	58k reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorAnime
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe 2022	Est. copies ≈ 898k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	36k reviews Very Positive	Multiple EndingsComedy
Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2018	Est. copies ≈ 388k–631k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before Steam's cut	$15.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickPolitical Sim
Griftlands 2021	Est. copies ≈ 359k–584k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerRogue-lite
Hello Neighbor 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.4M–$25.4M after Steam's cut $17.2M–$39.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	HorrorSandbox
Sultan's Game 2025	Est. copies ≈ 876k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	35k reviews Very Positive	RPGSimulation
オラッ掘人ホレゆけ！ブラジル 2024	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $191–$512 after Steam's cut $347–$788 before Steam's cut	$3.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Action RoguelikeHidden Object
Beholder 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$13.99	31k reviews Very Positive	Dystopian Choices Matter