How much revenue did EscapeVR: Trapped Above the Clouds make?

$5k–$13k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did EscapeVR: Trapped Above the Clouds sell?

Q: How many copies did EscapeVR: Trapped Above the Clouds sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 57 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut; from 57 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 EscapeVR: Trapped Above the Clouds and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including EscapeVR: Trapped Above the Clouds's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–13k

best case 94k (Riven)

Games like EscapeVR: Trapped Above the Clouds

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–13k copies

≈ $28k–$96k after Steam's cut

from ~170 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Riven at ≈ 72k–116k copies, ≈ $689k–$1.9M 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 117 reviews in their first month; the range was 32 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Exploration, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry First-Person + Story Rich + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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
Riven 2024	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
vrkshop 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $23k–$62k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before Steam's cut	$19.99	170 reviews Very Positive	VRRealistic
Dragon VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	127 reviews Mixed	CasualVR
Escape First 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut	$5.99	291 reviews Mixed	AdventurePuzzle
HUMANITY 2023	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $105k–$283k after Steam's cut $191k–$435k before Steam's cut	$29.99	514 reviews Very Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Fantastic Contraption 2016	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $62k–$167k after Steam's cut $113k–$256k before Steam's cut	$19.99	271 reviews Mostly Positive	VRPuzzle
Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$9.99	92 reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomVR
Egression 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$77k before Steam's cut	$19.99	136 reviews Very Positive	VRPuzzle