How much revenue did Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's make?

$7k–$20k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's sell?

Q: How many copies did Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 92 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut; from 92 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 Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–33k

best case 131k (The Room VR: A Dark Matter)

Games like Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's

A typical game among these

≈ 10k–33k copies

≈ $28k–$245k after Steam's cut

from ~322 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Room VR: A Dark Matter at ≈ 100k–162k copies, ≈ $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 319 reviews in their first month; the range was 34 to 329.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and VR (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + VR, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2022, 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 52 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
The Room VR: A Dark Matter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Abode 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$77k before Steam's cut	$14.99	156 reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Egression 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$77k before Steam's cut	$19.99	136 reviews Very Positive	VRPuzzle
VR: Vacate the Room (Virtual Reality Escape) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut	$3.99	252 reviews Very Positive	AdventureVR
I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar 2021	Est. copies ≈ 32k–53k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $223k–$598k after Steam's cut $405k–$921k before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleVR
The Experiment: Escape Room 2018	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before Steam's cut	$3.99	271 reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure
Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment 2017	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	671 reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayVR
Abode 2016	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$176k before Steam's cut	$9.99	373 reviews Very Positive	IndieVR