How much revenue did Vaporum: Lockdown make?

$39k–$104k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Vaporum: Lockdown sell?

Q: How many copies did Vaporum: Lockdown sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 316 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $39k–$104k after Steam's cut $70k–$160k before the cut; from 316 reviews (Very 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 Vaporum: Lockdown out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vaporum: Lockdown's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 205k–584k

best case 3.8M (Torchlight II)

Games like Vaporum: Lockdown

The middle of these games

≈ 205k–584k copies

≈ $1.8M–$3.4M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Torchlight II at ≈ 2.9M–4.7M copies, ≈ $15.8M–$42.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Dungeon Crawler (8 of 8) and Fantasy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Hack and Slash, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2023, and none of them 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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Legend of Grimrock 2 2014	Est. copies ≈ 228k–371k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before the cut	$23.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Vaporum 2017	Est. copies ≈ 37k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $201k–$541k after Steam's cut $366k–$832k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon Crawler CRPG
Low Magic Age 2017	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $498k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $905k–$2.1M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessDungeons & Dragons
Torchlight II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.8M–$42.5M after Steam's cut $28.7M–$65.4M before the cut	$19.99	45k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction RPG
Torchlight 2009	Est. copies ≈ 465k–756k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction RPG
Legend of Grimrock 2012	Est. copies ≈ 425k–691k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Might & Magic X - Legacy 2014	Est. copies ≈ 192k–311k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.5M before the cut	$29.99	3k reviews Mixed	RPGTurn-Based
Full Gear 2023	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $749–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$4.99	22 reviews Positive	SteampunkHack and Slash