How much revenue did Whirligig Media Player make?

$22k–$58k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Whirligig Media Player sell?

Q: How many copies did Whirligig Media Player sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 527 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $22k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut; from 527 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 Whirligig Media Player and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Whirligig Media Player's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–23k

best case 39k (DeoVR - VR Video Streaming Platform)

Games like Whirligig Media Player

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–23k copies

≈ $52k–$68k after Steam's cut

from ~280 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: DeoVR - VR Video Streaming Platform at ≈ 30k–48k copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Utilities (8 of 8) and Video Production (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Utilities.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2021. 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 that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 52 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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Cmoar VR Cinema 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$100k before Steam's cut	$9.99	212 reviews Mixed	VRUtilities
Simple VR Video Player 2016	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $32k–$85k after Steam's cut $58k–$131k before Steam's cut	$7.99	347 reviews Mixed	VRUtilities
HereSphere VR Video Player 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $42k–$114k after Steam's cut $77k–$175k before Steam's cut	$29.99	207 reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesVideo Production
Viveport Video 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	143 reviews Mixed	UtilitiesVideo Production
DeoVR - VR Video Streaming Platform 2018	Est. copies ≈ 30k–48k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	978 reviews Mixed	VRUtilities
LIV 2019	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	963 reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesVideo Production
MermaidVR Video Player 2017	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	168 reviews Mixed	UtilitiesVideo Production
GizmoVR Video Player 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	445 reviews Mixed	UtilitiesVR