How much revenue did Driftwood make?

$172k–$463k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Driftwood sell?

Q: How many copies did Driftwood sell?

31k to 51k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 31k–51k; $172k–$463k after Steam's cut $313k–$712k before the cut; from 1k 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 Driftwood out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Driftwood's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 503k–1.1M

best case 26.7M (BeamNG.drive)

Games like Driftwood

The middle of these games

≈ 503k–1.1M copies

≈ $3.4M–$9.5M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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: BeamNG.drive at ≈ 20.3M–33.0M copies, ≈ $139.6M–$375.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 13k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 490 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Automobile Sim (6 of 8) and Driving (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Driving, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Destruction + Physics + Realistic; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.3M–33.0M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $139.6M–$375.3M after Steam's cut $253.8M–$577.4M before the cut	$24.99	416k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationDriving
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel 2021	Est. copies ≈ 239k–388k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before the cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessOpen World
Jalopy 2018	Est. copies ≈ 344k–559k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before the cut	$14.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
Mon Bazou 2025	Est. copies ≈ 512k–831k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before the cut	$15.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessAutomobile Sim
The Long Drive 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.1M–$19.1M after Steam's cut $12.9M–$29.4M before the cut	$15.99	56k reviews Very Positive	DrivingOpen World
Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.6M before the cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	SpaceAction
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 422k–686k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before the cut	$19.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 462k–751k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before the cut	$24.99	19k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureDriving