How much revenue did Escape The Mad Empire make?

$53k–$143k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Escape The Mad Empire sell?

Q: How many copies did Escape The Mad Empire sell?

11k to 17k copies, based on its 434 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–17k; $53k–$143k after Steam's cut $97k–$220k before Steam's cut; from 434 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 Escape The Mad Empire and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Escape The Mad Empire's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–13k

best case 83k (Siralim Ultimate)

Games like Escape The Mad Empire

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–13k copies

≈ $35k–$113k after Steam's cut

from ~195 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: Siralim Ultimate at ≈ 63k–103k copies, ≈ $347k–$933k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 45 reviews in their first month; the range was 13 to 933.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Combat (5 of 8) and Party-Based RPG (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Collectathon + Creature Collector, priced around $20.
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).

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AETHERIS 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$178k before Steam's cut	$24.99	252 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureCo-op
Monsters' Den: Godfall 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $80k–$215k after Steam's cut $145k–$330k before Steam's cut	$14.99	563 reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerTurn-Based
Siralim Ultimate 2021	Est. copies ≈ 63k–103k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $347k–$933k after Steam's cut $631k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	CollectathonCreature Collector
The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming 2016	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $38k–$103k after Steam's cut $70k–$159k before Steam's cut	$19.99	168 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Combat
Netherguild 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$34k before Steam's cut	$12.49	97 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessTurn-Based Combat
Lost Veridian 2023	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$7.99	27 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeCard Battler
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