How much revenue did How 2 Escape make?

$74k–$199k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did How 2 Escape sell?

Q: How many copies did How 2 Escape sell?

21k to 34k copies, based on its 837 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 21k–34k; $74k–$199k after Steam's cut $135k–$307k before Steam's cut; from 837 reviews (Mostly 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 How 2 Escape and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including How 2 Escape's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 525k–880k

best case 8.8M (It Takes Two)

Games like How 2 Escape

A typical game among these

≈ 525k–880k copies

≈ $1.5M–$4.6M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: It Takes Two at ≈ 6.7M–10.9M copies, ≈ $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 176 to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $40.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 43 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
It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut $134.1M–$305.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	270k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
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
We Were Here Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471k–765k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$17.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomOnline Co-Op
We Were Here 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	33k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCo-op
We Were Here Together 2019	Est. copies ≈ 512k–831k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleOnline Co-Op
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
We Were Here Too 2018	Est. copies ≈ 344k–559k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $945k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpEscape Room
Escape Academy 2022	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $195k–$525k after Steam's cut $355k–$808k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomPuzzle