How much revenue did EscapeVr make?

$825–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did EscapeVr sell?

Q: How many copies did EscapeVr sell?

273 to 443 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 273–443; $825–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 11 reviews (Mixed)

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 EscapeVr and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including EscapeVr's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 562k–1.1M

best case 2.3M (The Room)

Games like EscapeVr

A typical game among these

≈ 562k–1.1M copies

≈ $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~19k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Room at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 724 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Mystery (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Mystery, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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
Escape Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 482k–783k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$11.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
The Past Within 2022	Est. copies ≈ 419k–680k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$5.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Puzzle
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 456k–741k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$8.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
The Room Three 2018	Est. copies ≈ 409k–665k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $674k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$5.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
The Room Two 2016	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
The Room 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
LiMiT's Escape Room Games 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$3.99	132 reviews Mixed	Escape RoomOnline Co-Op
LiMiT's Escape Room Games 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$11.99	41 reviews Positive	Escape RoomPuzzle