How much revenue did Escape the Backrooms make?

$10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Escape the Backrooms sell?

Q: How many copies did Escape the Backrooms sell?

3.7M to 6.1M copies, based on its 156k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.7M–6.1M; $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.5M before the cut; from 156k reviews (Very Positive)

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

Does this actually work?

We left Escape the Backrooms out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Escape the Backrooms's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 43.5M–100.8M

best case 123.4M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

The Co-op genre

All 4 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

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

A typical game

≈ 43.5M–100.8M copies

≈ $260.8M–$335.9M after Steam's cut

from ~1.2M reviews

Best case

≈ 94.0M–152.8M copies

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Co-op (2 of 4) and FPS (2 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter, priced around $20.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 94.0M–152.8M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.7M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
Dead by Daylight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 36.8M–59.8M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $202.4M–$544.3M after Steam's cut $368.1M–$837.4M before the cut	$19.99	921k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege 2015	Est. copies ≈ 71.1M–115.5M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	1.5M reviews Very Positive	FPSPvP
Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 22.0M–35.8M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $121.1M–$325.6M after Steam's cut $220.2M–$500.9M before the cut	$19.99	834k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op