How much revenue did Escape from Demon Island make?

$108–$292 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Escape from Demon Island sell?

Q: How many copies did Escape from Demon Island sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $108–$292 after Steam's cut $197–$449 before the cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Thin evidence: 8 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–8.3M

best case 29.6M (Don't Starve Together)

Games like Escape from Demon Island

The middle of these games

≈ 2.9M–8.3M copies

≈ $17.4M–$59.0M after Steam's cut

from ~113k 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: Don't Starve Together at ≈ 22.6M–36.7M copies, ≈ $93.0M–$250.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 34k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 92k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (8 of 8) and Crafting (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World Survival Craft, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 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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Don't Starve 2013	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $19.7M–$52.9M after Steam's cut $35.8M–$81.4M before the cut	$9.99	113k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut $7.3M–$16.6M before the cut	$4.99	118k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
This War of Mine 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.0M–$80.8M after Steam's cut $54.6M–$124.3M before the cut	$19.99	98k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalWar
Don't Starve Together 2016	Est. copies ≈ 22.6M–36.7M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $93.0M–$250.0M after Steam's cut $169.0M–$384.6M before the cut	$14.99	542k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Scarlet Tower 2024	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $81k–$218k after Steam's cut $148k–$336k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	VampireAction Roguelike
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	59k reviews Mostly Positive	MultiplayerBattle Royale
V Rising 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $32.6M–$87.8M after Steam's cut $59.4M–$135.0M before the cut	$34.99	137k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Stoneshard 2020	Est. copies ≈ 880k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.3M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$25.0M before the cut	$24.99	35k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGRogue-like