How much revenue did Escape From The Red Planet make?

$530–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Escape From The Red Planet sell?

Q: How many copies did Escape From The Red Planet sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $530–$1k after Steam's cut $964–$2k before Steam's cut; from 13 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 Escape From The Red Planet and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Escape From The Red Planet's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 429k–923k

best case 1.9M (They Are Billions)

Games like Escape From The Red Planet

A typical game among these

≈ 429k–923k copies

≈ $4.2M–$4.8M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: They Are Billions at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 5k to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (7 of 8) and Base-Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Colony Sim, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Zombies + Colony Sim + RTS; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 of the 8 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
They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	52k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 787k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$11.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeStrategy
Mindustry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 813k–1.3M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	28k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingResource Management
Rise to Ruins 2019	Est. copies ≈ 224k–363k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $922k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Colony Sim
The Riftbreaker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 619k–1.0M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.7M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingTower Defense
Outpost: Infinity Siege 2024	Est. copies ≈ 338k–550k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	14k reviews Mixed	Robots3D
Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense 2021	Est. copies ≈ 380k–617k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseMultiplayer
Diplomacy is Not an Option 2024	Est. copies ≈ 315k–512k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Real-Time with PauseResource Management