How many copies did vApe Escape sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 134 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did vApe Escape make?

vApe Escape is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is vApe Escape?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 4k–6k; from 134 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 vApe Escape and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including vApe Escape's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–91k

best case 206k (Void Bastards)

Games like vApe Escape

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–91k copies

≈ $47k–$692k after Steam's cut

from ~315 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Space (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Void Bastards at ≈ 157k–255k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 87 reviews in their first month; the range was 68 to 148.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space (3 of 8) and 2D Platformer (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Action Roguelike, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 3 of the 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Void Bastards 2019	Est. copies ≈ 157k–255k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
KUUKIYOMI: Consider It! ONLINE 2022	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before Steam's cut	$8.99	333 reviews Mixed	MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
Space Prison 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $40k–$108k after Steam's cut $73k–$167k before Steam's cut	$19.99	296 reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based TacticsComic Book
Deep Sky Derelicts 2018	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $482k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $877k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderRPG
Drifters Loot the Galaxy 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	138 reviews Mixed	Early AccessAction
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series 2017	Est. copies ≈ 63k–103k 5.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventureSuperhero
ROLLING STAR 2025	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before Steam's cut	$11.99	221 reviews Very Positive	ActionPlatformer
Yars Rising 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $54k–$144k after Steam's cut $97k–$222k before Steam's cut	$29.99	262 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationMetroidvania