How much revenue did Wanderer make?

$293k–$788k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wanderer sell?

Q: How many copies did Wanderer sell?

27k to 43k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 27k–43k; $293k–$788k after Steam's cut $533k–$1.2M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Wanderer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wanderer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 155–6k

best case 34k (Time Lock VR 1)

Games like Wanderer

A typical game among these

≈ 155–6k copies

≈ $354–$10k after Steam's cut

from ~49 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.

Best case: Time Lock VR 1 at ≈ 26k–42k copies, ≈ $93k–$250k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 18 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and VR (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Hidden Object, priced around $13.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, 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 43 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
Transpose 2018	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	259 reviews Very Positive	VRPuzzle-Platformer
Time Lock VR 1 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k 15x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $93k–$250k after Steam's cut $169k–$385k before Steam's cut	$12.99	757 reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleHidden Object
PROZE: Prologue 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	106 reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
We Are One 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$9.99	80 reviews Very Positive	Time ManipulationPuzzle
Differlands 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $193–$515 after Steam's cut $350–$793 before Steam's cut	$13.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	CasualPuzzle
The Beast of Stormy Forest 2020	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	18 reviews Mixed	AdventureVR
Time Traveler - Escape Room VR 2024	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before Steam's cut	$4.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Hidden ObjectInteractive Fiction
Chrono Weaver 2024	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $680–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$24.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	VRPuzzle