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 554 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 $137k–$312k before the cut; from 554 reviews (Mostly 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 Whisker Squadron: Survivor out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Whisker Squadron: Survivor's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.2M–10.0M

best case 11.4M (Risk of Rain 2)

Games like Whisker Squadron: Survivor

The middle of these games

≈ 6.2M–10.0M copies

≈ $12.0M–$63.6M after Steam's cut

from ~265k reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Risk of Rain 2 at ≈ 8.7M–14.2M copies, ≈ $59.9M–$161.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

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

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 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.
The era: Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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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