How much revenue did Project CARS make?

Project CARS is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Project CARS sell?

Q: How many copies did Project CARS sell?

An estimated 670k to 1.1M copies, based on its 14k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 670k–1.1M; from 14k reviews (Mostly 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 Project CARS out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Project CARS's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.0M–14.9M

best case 63.4M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

The Automobile Sim lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 9.4M copies.

A typical game

≈ 9.4M copies

≈ $90.5M after Steam's cut

from ~224k reviews

Best case

≈ 63.4M copies

Euro Truck Simulator 2 · ≈ $489.5M after Steam's cut

from 929k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2012 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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