How much revenue did Car Wash Simulator make?

$324–$871 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Car Wash Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Car Wash Simulator sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 48 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $324–$871 after Steam's cut $589–$1k before the cut; from 48 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 Car Wash Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Car Wash Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 734k–832k

best case 12.7M (Assetto Corsa)

Games like Car Wash Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 734k–832k copies

≈ $6.0M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: Assetto Corsa at ≈ 9.7M–15.8M copies, ≈ $53.4M–$143.6M 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 era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2020, and none of them 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.4M–$143.6M after Steam's cut $97.1M–$220.9M before the cut	$19.99	173k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
DiRT Rally 2.0 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.7M before the cut	$19.99	48k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
F1® 2020 2020	Est. copies ≈ 990k–1.6M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
Project CARS 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 634k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Very Positive	RacingDriving
DiRT 4 2017	Est. copies ≈ 559k–909k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	16k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Project CARS 2015	Est. copies ≈ 705k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingSimulation
F1 2018 2018	Est. copies ≈ 411k–668k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Motorsport Manager 2016	Est. copies ≈ 590k–959k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.4M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	ManagementRacing