How much revenue did Overdrive Escape make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Overdrive Escape sell?

Q: How many copies did Overdrive Escape sell?

670 to 1k copies, based on its 27 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 670–1k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 27 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 Overdrive Escape and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Overdrive Escape's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–82k

best case 312k (MULLET MADJACK)

Games like Overdrive Escape

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–82k copies

≈ $21k–$693k after Steam's cut

from ~418 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: MULLET MADJACK at ≈ 238k–387k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 770 reviews in their first month; the range was 33 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Boomer Shooter, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 3 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 52 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
MULLET MADJACK 2024	Est. copies ≈ 238k–387k 23x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSBoomer Shooter
Deadlink 2023	Est. copies ≈ 91k–148k 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $627k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
COMPOUND 2022	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $292k–$786k after Steam's cut $531k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-lite
NeonXSZ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$53k before Steam's cut	$9.99	112 reviews Mostly Positive	FPS6DOF
GUNHEAD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $28k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before Steam's cut	$19.99	209 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie
HYPERGUN 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before Steam's cut	$9.99	74 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeAction
Fida Puti Samurai 2024	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before Steam's cut	$11.99	627 reviews Very Positive	FPSAnime
Twilight Manor: Roguelite FPS 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$4.99	134 reviews Very Positive	ActionShooter