How much revenue did Escape From The Red Planet make?

$530–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Escape From The Red Planet sell?

Q: How many copies did Escape From The Red Planet sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $530–$1k after Steam's cut $964–$2k before the cut; from 13 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 Escape From The Red Planet out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Escape From The Red Planet's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 426k–917k

best case 1.9M (They Are Billions)

Games like Escape From The Red Planet

The middle of these games

≈ 426k–917k copies

≈ $4.2M–$4.8M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: They Are Billions at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $12.2M–$32.8M 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 7k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5k to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Tower Defense (7 of 8) and Base-Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Colony Sim, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Zombies + Colony Sim + RTS; a typical game here doesn't.
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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They Are Billions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.8M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.5M before the cut	$29.99	51k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingColony Sim
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 786k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$11.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeStrategy
Mindustry 2019	Est. copies ≈ 803k–1.3M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before the cut	$9.99	28k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingResource Management
Rise to Ruins 2019	Est. copies ≈ 223k–363k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $921k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Colony Sim
The Riftbreaker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 611k–993k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.6M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$20.9M before the cut	$29.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingTower Defense
Outpost: Infinity Siege 2024	Est. copies ≈ 338k–549k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before the cut	$24.99	14k reviews Mixed	Robots3D
Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense 2021	Est. copies ≈ 378k–614k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseMultiplayer
Diplomacy is Not an Option 2024	Est. copies ≈ 312k–507k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.6M before the cut	$29.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Real-Time with PauseResource Management