How much revenue did Wings of Vi make?

$290k–$781k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wings of Vi sell?

Q: How many copies did Wings of Vi sell?

70k to 114k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 70k–114k; $290k–$781k after Steam's cut $528k–$1.2M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Wings of Vi and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wings of Vi's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 42k–138k

best case 5.9M (Celeste)

Games like Wings of Vi

A typical game among these

≈ 42k–138k copies

≈ $116k–$657k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.5M–7.4M copies, ≈ $24.9M–$67.0M 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 405 reviews in their first month; the range was 60 to 526.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (7 of 8) and Precision Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Difficult + Great Soundtrack + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 1 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 79 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
Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 85x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.9M–$67.0M after Steam's cut $45.3M–$103.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
Hot Lava 2019	Est. copies ≈ 178k–289k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $977k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer3D Platformer
They Bleed Pixels 2012	Est. copies ≈ 161k–262k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $443k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $806k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerDifficult
Knytt Underground 2013	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $60k–$161k after Steam's cut $109k–$247k before Steam's cut	$6.99	492 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerIndie
Lunistice 2022	Est. copies ≈ 48k–78k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $66k–$178k after Steam's cut $120k–$274k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	3D PlatformerFemale Protagonist
Beeny 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$0.99	566 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionPlatformer
Rusted Moss 2023	Est. copies ≈ 43k–71k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $239k–$642k after Steam's cut $434k–$988k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerPixel Graphics
Penny’s Big Breakaway 2024	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $269k–$723k after Steam's cut $489k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Adventure3D Platformer