How much revenue did JWildfire make?

$9k–$23k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did JWildfire sell?

Q: How many copies did JWildfire sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 106 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut; from 106 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 JWildfire and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including JWildfire's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–311k

best case 544k (ShareX)

Games like JWildfire

A typical game among these

≈ 28k–311k copies

≈ $60k–$382k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ShareX at ≈ 415k–674k copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Design & Illustration (8 of 8) and Animation & Modeling (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Photo Editing + Utilities.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2021, and none of them 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SVFI 2021	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $59k–$135k before Steam's cut	$6.99	684 reviews Mostly Positive	Design & IllustrationVideo Production
Pixel Studio - pixel art editor 2019	Est. copies ≈ 178k–289k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Animation & ModelingPixel Graphics
Krita 2014	Est. copies ≈ 462k–751k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Design & IllustrationSoftware
ePic Character Generator 2015	Est. copies ≈ 48k–78k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	989 reviews Very Positive	Design & IllustrationUtilities
ShareX 2015	Est. copies ≈ 415k–674k 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Photo EditingUtilities
Black Ink 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $207k–$557k after Steam's cut $377k–$858k before Steam's cut	$34.99	518 reviews Very Positive	Design & IllustrationUtilities
YoloMouse - Cursor Changer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $103k–$277k after Steam's cut $188k–$427k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesDesign & Illustration
Live Wallpaper Master 2017	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$94k before Steam's cut	$3.99	601 reviews Mostly Positive	Design & IllustrationUtilities