How much revenue did Prisoner 518 make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Prisoner 518 sell?

Q: How many copies did Prisoner 518 sell?

794 to 1k copies, based on its 32 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 794–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 32 reviews (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 Prisoner 518 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Prisoner 518's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–5k

best case 2.8M (Gorilla Tag)

Games like Prisoner 518

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–5k copies

≈ $6k–$10k after Steam's cut

from ~57 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Gorilla Tag at ≈ 2.1M–3.5M copies, ≈ $11.7M–$31.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 22k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Psychological Horror (8 of 8) and VR (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Psychological Horror, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Funny + Parkour; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: Only 1 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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
Gorilla Tag 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.5M 1512x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.6M after Steam's cut $21.4M–$48.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	86k reviews Very Positive	VRPsychological Horror
Dead end Exit 8 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$3.99	132 reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationPsychological Horror
I'm on Observation Duty 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$2.99	370 reviews Mostly Positive	VRPsychological Horror
Nightmare Rooms VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $103–$273 after Steam's cut $187–$420 before Steam's cut	$14.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	AdventurePsychological Horror
Last Labyrinth 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$132k before Steam's cut	$29.99	134 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieVR
Stocksynd House 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$7.99	57 reviews Very Positive	VRCinematic
Descending I - House of Nightmares 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$9.99	50 reviews Very Positive	AdventureVR
Five Nights: No Escape 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$9.99	45 reviews Mixed	Puzzle Survival Horror