How much revenue did Escape from Demon Island make?

$108–$292 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Escape from Demon Island sell?

Q: How many copies did Escape from Demon Island sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $108–$292 after Steam's cut $197–$449 before Steam's cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Only 8 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Demon Island and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Escape from Demon Island's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–8.3M

best case 29.7M (Don't Starve Together)

Games like Escape from Demon Island

A typical game among these

≈ 2.9M–8.3M copies

≈ $17.5M–$59.2M after Steam's cut

from ~114k 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: Don't Starve Together at ≈ 22.6M–36.8M copies, ≈ $93.2M–$250.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 34k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 92k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (8 of 8) and Crafting (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 79 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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Don't Starve 2013	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.7M–$53.0M after Steam's cut $35.8M–$81.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	114k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	119k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
This War of Mine 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.1M–$81.0M after Steam's cut $54.8M–$124.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	98k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalWar
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.8M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.2M–$250.7M after Steam's cut $169.5M–$385.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	544k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Scarlet Tower 2024	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $81k–$219k after Steam's cut $148k–$337k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	VampireAction Roguelike
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	59k reviews Mostly Positive	MultiplayerBattle Royale
V Rising 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $32.8M–$88.2M after Steam's cut $59.6M–$135.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	137k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Stoneshard 2020	Est. copies ≈ 886k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	36k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGRogue-like