How much revenue did Whispers in the Dark make?

$715–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Whispers in the Dark sell?

Q: How many copies did Whispers in the Dark sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; $715–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 21 reviews (Mostly 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 Whispers in the Dark and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Whispers in the Dark's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–10k

best case 41k (Gods and Idols)

Games like Whispers in the Dark

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–10k copies

≈ $3k–$17k after Steam's cut

from ~134 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Horror (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: Gods and Idols at ≈ 32k–51k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 33 reviews in their first month; the range was 22 to 43.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (4 of 8) and Idler (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 4X + God Game.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Gods and Idols 2016	Est. copies ≈ 32k–51k 5.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	758 reviews Mixed	Free to Play4X
The Candle 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$4.99	83 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTime Management
20,000 Miles Under the Sea 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	157 reviews Mostly Negative	Horror Simulation
Night Mysteries: The Amphora Prisoner 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$103k before Steam's cut	$10.99	169 reviews Mixed	AdventurePuzzle
Typical Nightmare 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut	$9.99	111 reviews Mostly Negative	IndieSimulation
Presence 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$1.99	106 reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorGore
Love In The Dark 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–12k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	305 reviews Mostly Negative	Female ProtagonistMassively Multiplayer
Twenty-second: Stories of Underground Kharkiv 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $547–$1k after Steam's cut $994–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	81 reviews Very Positive	RPGVisual Novel