How much revenue did Wings of Vi make?

$290k–$780k 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–$780k after Steam's cut $528k–$1.2M before the cut; from 1k 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 Wings of Vi out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wings of Vi's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 41k–137k

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like Wings of Vi

The middle of these games

≈ 41k–137k copies

≈ $115k–$655k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M 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 405 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 60 to 526.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 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.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, and 1 of your 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).

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Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 86x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut $44.5M–$101.2M before the cut	$19.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
Hot Lava 2019	Est. copies ≈ 177k–288k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $975k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Precision Platformer3D Platformer
They Bleed Pixels 2012	Est. copies ≈ 161k–262k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $443k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $805k–$1.8M before the cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerDifficult
Knytt Underground 2013	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $59k–$159k after Steam's cut $108k–$245k before the cut	$6.99	488 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerIndie
Lunistice 2022	Est. copies ≈ 48k–77k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $65k–$175k after Steam's cut $119k–$270k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	3D PlatformerFemale Protagonist
Beeny 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut	$0.99	558 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionPlatformer
Rusted Moss 2023	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $231k–$622k after Steam's cut $421k–$958k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerPixel Graphics
Penny’s Big Breakaway 2024	Est. copies ≈ 32k–53k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $267k–$718k after Steam's cut $486k–$1.1M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Adventure3D Platformer