How much revenue did Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 make?

$554k–$1.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 sell?

Q: How many copies did Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 sell?

288k to 469k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 288k–469k; $554k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut; from 5k 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 Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Car Mechanic Simulator 2014's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 989k–1.8M

best case 2.6M (Car Mechanic Simulator 2018)

Games like Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

The middle of these games

≈ 989k–1.8M copies

≈ $8.5M–$17.6M after Steam's cut

from ~27k 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: Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 at ≈ 1.9M–3.2M copies, ≈ $10.7M–$28.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Automobile Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 2015	Est. copies ≈ 714k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.2M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation
Construction Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 359k–583k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before the cut	$24.99	14k reviews Very Positive	SimulationMultiplayer
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.2M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.7M–$28.8M after Steam's cut $19.4M–$44.2M before the cut	$19.99	57k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
City Car Driving 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.7M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.6M before the cut	$24.99	36k reviews Very Positive	SimulationDriving
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game 2015	Est. copies ≈ 873k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.4M after Steam's cut $13.1M–$29.8M before the cut	$29.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
GearCity 2022	Est. copies ≈ 37k–61k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $205k–$552k after Steam's cut $373k–$849k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
Wrench 2018	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $512k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $931k–$2.1M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	BuildingAutomobile Sim
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021	Est. copies ≈ 955k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.6M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.1M before the cut	$24.99	38k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim