How much revenue did How 2 Escape make?

$73k–$197k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did How 2 Escape sell?

Q: How many copies did How 2 Escape sell?

21k to 33k copies, based on its 829 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 21k–33k; $73k–$197k after Steam's cut $134k–$304k before the cut; from 829 reviews (Mostly 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 How 2 Escape out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including How 2 Escape's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 522k–875k

best case 8.7M (It Takes Two)

Games like How 2 Escape

The middle of these games

≈ 522k–875k copies

≈ $1.5M–$4.6M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: It Takes Two at ≈ 6.7M–10.8M copies, ≈ $73.2M–$196.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 176 to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Co-op (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $40.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. 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 43 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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It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.8M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.2M–$196.7M after Steam's cut $133.0M–$302.7M before the cut	$39.99	268k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
The Past Within 2022	Est. copies ≈ 417k–677k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut	$5.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Puzzle
We Were Here Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 466k–758k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut	$17.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomOnline Co-Op
We Were Here 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	33k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCo-op
We Were Here Together 2019	Est. copies ≈ 509k–827k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.5M before the cut	$12.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleOnline Co-Op
Escape Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 479k–779k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before the cut	$19.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
We Were Here Too 2018	Est. copies ≈ 342k–555k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $939k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before the cut	$9.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Online Co-OpEscape Room
Escape Academy 2022	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $188k–$505k after Steam's cut $342k–$777k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomPuzzle