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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Escape Room game?

Escape Room

Of 201 developers who shipped an Escape Room game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 183 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×15 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 183 games are announced against 105 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 15.1 times the market baseline, revenue up 30% on the market, 183 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Escape Room
Fig. 1 · this niche among 355
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 201
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $4.3k → $3.4k → $2.1k → $2.5k → $2.2k → $2.2k → $1.8k (still earning) → $653 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Escape Room: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 201
Bottom 30% $597 (exactly $597)
Median $1.8k (exactly $1,798)
Top 25% $12k (exactly $11,611)
Top 5% $620k (exactly $619,864)
Developers, 2 yr 201
Released games 687
Announced 183
Effort 2 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $6.99

momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 30% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Escape Room
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
Systems
Escape Room
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 176,641 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $600, median $1.8k, 1 in 4 over $11k, 1 in 20 over $610k.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 135 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 183 games are announced against 105 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · every pair with this tag

All pairs with Escape Room

37 pairs · ranked by verdict, then medianwith: mechanics · settings · any
  1. Simulation + Escape Room Strong odds $3.6k 36 devs
  2. Online Co-Op + Escape Room Fair $14k 31 devs
  3. Escape Room + Psychological Horror Fair $4.7k 78 devs
  4. Choices Matter + Escape Room Fair $4.7k 18 devs
  5. Escape Room + Supernatural Fair $4.1k 24 devs
  6. Walking Simulator + Escape Room Fair $2.7k 38 devs
  7. Escape Room + Mystery Fair $2.7k 122 devs
  8. Escape Room + Visual Novel Fair $2.7k 17 devs
  9. Escape Room + Female Protagonist Fair $2.5k 18 devs
  10. Escape Room + Horror Fair $2.4k 96 devs
  11. Multiple Endings + Escape Room Fair $2.2k 37 devs
  12. Adventure + Escape Room Fair $2.2k 165 devs
  13. Exploration + Escape Room Fair $2.2k 122 devs
  14. Investigation + Escape Room Fair $2.1k 61 devs
  15. Escape Room + Logic Fair $2.1k 54 devs
  16. Escape Room + Puzzle Fair $1.8k 161 devs
  17. Escape Room + Point & Click Fair $1.8k 62 devs
  18. Action + Escape Room Fair $1.8k 43 devs
  19. Escape Room + Detective Fair $1.8k 34 devs
  20. Escape Room + Fantasy Fair $899 20 devs
  21. Escape Room + Magic Long shot $239 9 devs
  22. Co-op + Escape Room Poor odds $29k 28 devs
  23. Survival + Escape Room Poor odds $5.6k 14 devs
  24. Survival Horror + Escape Room Poor odds $4.9k 41 devs
  25. Action-Adventure + Escape Room Poor odds $4.0k 34 devs
  26. Escape Room + Thriller Poor odds $3.1k 42 devs
  27. Escape Room + Interactive Fiction Poor odds $2.7k 13 devs
  28. Immersive Sim + Escape Room Poor odds $2.7k 23 devs
  29. Escape Room + Sci-fi Poor odds $2.5k 26 devs
  30. Escape Room + Psychological Poor odds $2.1k 26 devs
  31. Puzzle Platformer + Escape Room Poor odds $1.9k 15 devs
  32. Escape Room + Hidden Object Poor odds $1.3k 74 devs
  33. Strategy + Escape Room Poor odds $1.2k 24 devs
  34. Stealth + Escape Room Poor odds $987 22 devs
  35. Physics + Escape Room Poor odds $600 13 devs
  36. Co-op Campaign + Escape Room Dead $29k 10 devs
  37. Escape Room + Crime Dead $1.6k 10 devs
Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Escape the Backrooms 2025 · $41M Blue Prince 2025 · $16M Escape Simulator 2021 · $9.9M We Were Here Forever 2022 · $8.8M Zero Escape: The Nonary Games 2017 · $6.3M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Escape the Backrooms $9.99 137,315 90% 4.1M $41M (exactly $41,153,306) Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Blue Prince $29.99 17,498 85% 525k $16M (exactly $15,742,951) Dogubomb
Escape Simulator older $19.99 16,496 94% 495k $9.9M (exactly $9,892,651) Pine Studio
We Were Here Forever older $17.99 16,256 90% 488k $8.8M (exactly $8,773,363) Total Mayhem Games
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games older $29.99 7,007 92% 210k $6.3M (exactly $6,304,198) Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
We Were Here Together older $12.99 14,481 82% 434k $5.6M (exactly $5,643,246) Total Mayhem Games
The Room 4: Old Sins older $8.99 17,806 98% 534k $4.8M (exactly $4,802,278) Fireproof Games
The Room older $4.99 30,421 97% 913k $4.6M (exactly $4,554,024) Fireproof Games
The House of Da Vinci older $19.99 6,710 85% 201k $4.0M (exactly $4,023,987) Blue Brain Games
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise older $19.99 5,901 95% 177k $3.5M (exactly $3,538,830) Yak & Co
Escape Simulator 2 $19.99 4,292 92% 129k $2.6M (exactly $2,573,912) Pine Studio
Servant of the Lake $7.99 7,120 98% 214k $1.7M (exactly $1,706,664) Rusty Lake
Dreamcore $17.99 1,879 89% 56k $1.0M (exactly $1,014,096) Montraluz
AI2U: With You 'Til The End $14.99 2,073 87% 62k $932k (exactly $932,228) AlterStaff Inc.
Emissary Zero $8.99 2,683 83% 80k $724k (exactly $723,605) Rone Vine
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? $14.99 1,513 95% 45k $680k (exactly $680,396) Stately Snail
In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure $14.99 1,432 86% 43k $644k (exactly $643,970) Clock Out Games
The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition $24.99 836 72% 25k $627k (exactly $626,749) Blue Brain Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.