How much revenue did Zonescape make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zonescape sell?

Q: How many copies did Zonescape sell?

446 to 725 copies, based on its 18 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 446–725; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 18 reviews (Mixed)

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 Zonescape out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zonescape's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 19k–143k

best case 193k (Serial Cleaner)

Games like Zonescape

The middle of these games

≈ 19k–143k copies

≈ $42k–$161k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Serial Cleaner at ≈ 147k–239k copies, ≈ $607k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Stealth (7 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + Gore, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 2 of your 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).

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Ninja Stealth 2016	Est. copies ≈ 78k–127k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $107k–$288k after Steam's cut $195k–$443k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StealthStrategy
Code Brown: A Game About Pooping 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$24k before the cut	$2.99	229 reviews Very Positive	Hidden ObjectStealth
Serial Cleaner 2017	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $607k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Spy Chameleon - RGB Agent 2014	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $47k–$127k after Steam's cut $86k–$196k before the cut	$9.99	308 reviews Very Positive	IndieStealth
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Ninja Stealth 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $50k–$115k before the cut	$4.99	588 reviews Very Positive	StealthStrategy
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