How much revenue did Race The Sun make?

$1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Race The Sun sell?

Q: How many copies did Race The Sun sell?

401k to 652k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 401k–652k; $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before the cut; from 6k 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 Race The Sun out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Race The Sun's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–15k

best case 19k (Madrun)

Games like Race The Sun

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–15k copies

≈ $6k–$18k after Steam's cut

from ~186 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Madrun at ≈ 14k–23k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 30 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 16 to 384.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Racing (8 of 8) and Runner (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + 2D Platformer.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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 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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Unpossible 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$2.99	131 reviews Very Positive	RacingFast-Paced
Jones On Fire 2015	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before the cut	$2.99	240 reviews Mixed	RunnerCats
Magical Girl Dash 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $405–$1k after Steam's cut $737–$2k before the cut	$0.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerRunner
Sunset Drive 1986 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	246 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessRunner
Madrun 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	571 reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRacing
Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$3.99	103 reviews Mixed	DrivingCombat Racing
SpermDash精疲力尽 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	102 reviews Very Positive	CasualParkour
Switchcars 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before the cut	$8.99	467 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction