How much revenue did Whisker Squadron: Survivor make?

$76k–$203k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Whisker Squadron: Survivor sell?

Q: How many copies did Whisker Squadron: Survivor sell?

14k to 22k copies, based on its 555 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–22k; $76k–$203k after Steam's cut $138k–$313k before Steam's cut; from 555 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 Whisker Squadron: Survivor and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Whisker Squadron: Survivor's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.3M–10.1M

best case 11.5M (Risk of Rain 2)

Games like Whisker Squadron: Survivor

A typical game among these

≈ 6.3M–10.1M copies

≈ $12.1M–$63.9M after Steam's cut

from ~267k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Risk of Rain 2 at ≈ 8.8M–14.2M copies, ≈ $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 129k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Bullet Hell (6 of 8) and Action Roguelike (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third-Person Shooter + Action Roguelike, priced around $25.
When they shipped: Only 3 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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