How much revenue did ESC make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ESC sell?

Q: How many copies did ESC sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 107 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut; from 107 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 ESC and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ESC's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–70k

best case 309k (OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition)

Games like ESC

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–70k copies

≈ $78k–$460k after Steam's cut

from ~944 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition at ≈ 235k–382k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 140 reviews in their first month; the range was 42 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Interactive Fiction (7 of 8) and Visual Novel (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Emotional, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2023, 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
OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k 10x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelEmotional
Neo Cab 2019	Est. copies ≈ 84k–136k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $345k–$926k after Steam's cut $626k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Visual NovelCyberpunk
South of the Circle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $155k–$416k after Steam's cut $281k–$640k before Steam's cut	$12.99	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventureInteractive Fiction
One Night Stand 2016	Est. copies ≈ 32k–53k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $27k–$72k after Steam's cut $48k–$110k before Steam's cut	$2.99	779 reviews Very Positive	IndieVisual Novel
A YEAR OF SPRINGS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $34k–$92k after Steam's cut $62k–$141k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelLGBTQ+
The Space in Between 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	126 reviews Very Positive	AdventureCasual
CORPSE FACTORY 2022	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $121k–$324k after Steam's cut $219k–$499k before Steam's cut	$19.99	885 reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelViolent
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $50k–$136k after Steam's cut $92k–$209k before Steam's cut	$24.99	296 reviews Mostly Positive	Interactive FictionStory Rich