How much revenue did You Are A Pilot make?

$547–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did You Are A Pilot sell?

Q: How many copies did You Are A Pilot sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 81 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $547–$1k after Steam's cut $994–$2k before the cut; from 81 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 You Are A Pilot out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including You Are A Pilot's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 166k–573k

best case 1.8M (FlatOut 2)

Games like You Are A Pilot

The middle of these games

≈ 166k–573k copies

≈ $1.0M–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: FlatOut 2 at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Racing (8 of 8) and Automobile Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Combat Racing, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2025, 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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FlatOut 2007	Est. copies ≈ 420k–682k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $865k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$7.49	7k reviews Very Positive	Combat RacingRacing
FlatOut 2 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.9M before the cut	$9.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingCombat Racing
Carmageddon: Max Damage 2016	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $688k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.8M before the cut	$16.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Combat RacingGore
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition 2008	Est. copies ≈ 487k–792k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.4M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.2M before the cut	$39.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Combat RacingRacing
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Initial Drift Online 2023	Est. copies ≈ 144k–234k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $198k–$532k after Steam's cut $360k–$818k before the cut	$4.99	6k reviews Mixed	RacingImmersive Sim
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity 2017	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $661k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer
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