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How many copies did Wilmot Works It Out sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 21k–33k
$85k–$228k after Steam's cut $154k–$351k before the cut
from 829 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 Wilmot Works It Out out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wilmot Works It Out's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 533k–1.1M
best case 1.4M (Firework)
Games like Wilmot Works It Out

The middle of these games

≈ 533k–1.1M copies

≈ $3.6M–$5.4M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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.

Best case: Firework at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 580 to 13k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on 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.
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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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 the cut
$9.99
44k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
HorrorIndie
A Little to the Left
2022
Est. copies
≈ 471k–765k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before the cut
$14.99
19k reviews
Very Positive
PuzzleRelaxing
Machinarium
2009
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≈ 1.3M–2.1M
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
Cube Escape: Paradox
2018
Est. copies
≈ 370k–602k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
12k reviews
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Gorogoa
2017
Est. copies
≈ 712k–1.2M
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before the cut
$14.99
21k reviews
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PuzzleHand-drawn
Samsara Room
2020
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≈ 253k–410k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
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10k reviews
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IndieAdventure
Deponia
2012
Est. copies
≈ 916k–1.5M
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Est. revenue
$2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before the cut
$9.99
14k reviews
Very Positive
AdventurePoint & Click
Sanfu
2023
Est. copies
≈ 442k–719k
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

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