How much revenue did The Wild at Heart make?

$155k–$418k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Wild at Heart sell?

Q: How many copies did The Wild at Heart sell?

23k to 37k copies, based on its 912 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 23k–37k; $155k–$418k after Steam's cut $283k–$643k before the cut; from 912 reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left The Wild at Heart out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Wild at Heart's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 391k–531k

best case 1.5M (Sally Face - Episode One)

Games like The Wild at Heart

The middle of these games

≈ 391k–531k copies

≈ $1.0M–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Sally Face - Episode One at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $959k–$2.6M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (8 of 8) and Point & Click (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Hand-drawn; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared 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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Sally Face - Episode One 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $959k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before the cut	$2.99	28k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story Rich Psychological Horror
Cube Escape: Paradox 2018	Est. copies ≈ 370k–602k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleFree to Play
Fran Bow 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.4M after Steam's cut $8.4M–$19.1M before the cut	$14.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Story Rich
Sanfu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 442k–719k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut	$10.99	18k reviews Very Positive	MysteryRPG
Rusty Lake Hotel 2016	Est. copies ≈ 439k–713k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $240k–$645k after Steam's cut $436k–$993k before the cut	$1.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click
Gorogoa 2017	Est. copies ≈ 712k–1.2M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before the cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleHand-drawn
Machinarium 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.2M after Steam's cut $13.0M–$29.6M before the cut	$19.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Point & ClickPuzzle
Return to Monkey Island 2022	Est. copies ≈ 225k–366k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before the cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickAdventure