How much revenue did Whisper Trip make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Whisper Trip sell?

Q: How many copies did Whisper Trip sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 105 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $6k–$15k before Steam's cut; from 105 reviews (Mixed)

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 Whisper Trip and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Whisper Trip's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 321k–563k

best case 56.3M (Warframe)

Games like Whisper Trip

A typical game among these

≈ 321k–563k copies

≈ $1.8M–$4.4M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Cyberpunk (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: Warframe at ≈ 42.9M–69.7M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 442 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cyberpunk (4 of 8) and Co-op (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Looter Shooter. The breakout hits carry Free to Play + Action RPG + Looter Shooter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2023, 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Warframe 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.9M–69.7M 71x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	678k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAction RPG
Watch Dogs®: Legion 2023	Est. copies ≈ 314k–510k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.2M–$13.9M after Steam's cut $9.4M–$21.4M before Steam's cut	$59.99	13k reviews Mixed	ActionOpen World
Wolfenstein: Youngblood 2019	Est. copies ≈ 460k–747k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Mixed	ActionCo-op
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy 2011	Est. copies ≈ 508k–825k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkRPG
The Surge 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 277k–450k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	Souls-likeRPG
Due Process 2020	Est. copies ≈ 212k–345k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $583k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAdventure
HUNTDOWN 2021	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $604k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerPixel Graphics
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising 2018	Est. copies ≈ 398k–647k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterRogue-lite