How much revenue did Prisoner 518 make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Prisoner 518 sell?

Q: How many copies did Prisoner 518 sell?

794 to 1k copies, based on its 32 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 794–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut; from 32 reviews (Positive)

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 Prisoner 518 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Prisoner 518's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–5k

best case 2.8M (Gorilla Tag)

Games like Prisoner 518

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–5k copies

≈ $6k–$10k after Steam's cut

from ~57 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Gorilla Tag at ≈ 2.1M–3.4M copies, ≈ $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 19 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 22k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Psychological Horror (8 of 8) and VR (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Psychological Horror, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Funny + Parkour; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: Only 1 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 36 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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Gorilla Tag 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M 1501x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before the cut	$19.99	86k reviews Very Positive	VRPsychological Horror
Dead end Exit 8 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before the cut	$3.99	132 reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationPsychological Horror
I'm on Observation Duty 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 6.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before the cut	$2.99	368 reviews Mostly Positive	VRPsychological Horror
Nightmare Rooms VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $103–$273 after Steam's cut $187–$420 before the cut	$14.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	AdventurePsychological Horror
Last Labyrinth 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$132k before the cut	$29.99	134 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieVR
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Descending I - House of Nightmares 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$9.99	50 reviews Very Positive	AdventureVR
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