How much revenue did Kandidatos Kart make?

$6k–$17k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kandidatos Kart sell?

Q: How many copies did Kandidatos Kart sell?

24k to 38k copies, based on its 948 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–38k; $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before the cut; from 948 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 Kandidatos Kart out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kandidatos Kart's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 206k–551k

best case 901k (Need for Speed™ Most Wanted)

Games like Kandidatos Kart

The middle of these games

≈ 206k–551k copies

≈ $1.6M–$3.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Need for Speed™ Most Wanted at ≈ 687k–1.1M copies, ≈ $3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Automobile Sim (8 of 8) and Racing (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Driving; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2025, and 1 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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