How much revenue did The Artful Escape make?

$271k–$730k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Artful Escape sell?

Q: How many copies did The Artful Escape sell?

49k to 80k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 49k–80k; $271k–$730k after Steam's cut $494k–$1.1M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left The Artful Escape out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Artful Escape's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–13.5M

best case 40.0M (Wallpaper Engine)

The Beautiful genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 1.6M–13.5M copies

≈ $9.1M–$46.1M after Steam's cut

from ~38k reviews

Best case

≈ 30.5M–49.6M copies

Wallpaper Engine · ≈ $41.9M–$112.5M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Beautiful (2 of 8) and Mature (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2020, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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