How much revenue did Wilmot Works It Out make?

$86k–$231k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wilmot Works It Out sell?

Q: How many copies did Wilmot Works It Out sell?

21k to 34k copies, based on its 839 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 21k–34k; $86k–$231k after Steam's cut $156k–$355k before Steam's cut; from 839 reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Wilmot Works It Out and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wilmot Works It Out's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 536k–1.1M

best case 1.4M (Firework)

Games like Wilmot Works It Out

A typical game among these

≈ 536k–1.1M copies

≈ $3.6M–$5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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.

Best case: Firework at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut. 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 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 579 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Point & Click (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Puzzle, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Horror + Drama + Mystery; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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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Firework 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	44k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorIndie
A Little to the Left 2022	Est. copies ≈ 478k–777k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
Machinarium 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Point & ClickPuzzle
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Samsara Room 2020	Est. copies ≈ 254k–413k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieAdventure
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Sanfu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 443k–720k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$10.99	18k reviews Very Positive	MysteryRPG