How much revenue did Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 make?

$3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 sell?

Q: How many copies did Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 sell?

714k to 1.2M copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 714k–1.2M; $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.2M before the cut; from 15k 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 2015 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Car Mechanic Simulator 2015's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 836k–8.3M

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Car Mechanic Simulator 2015

The middle of these games

≈ 836k–8.3M copies

≈ $10.7M–$60.3M after Steam's cut

from ~57k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.4M–$315.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 6k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 76 to 84k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Building (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, and 2 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 70 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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Car Mechanic Simulator VR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $53k–$143k after Steam's cut $96k–$219k before the cut	$19.99	389 reviews Mixed	Automobile SimSimulation
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M 3.1x 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
My Summer Car 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.2M after Steam's cut $21.8M–$49.5M before the cut	$14.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation
Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.4M–$315.8M after Steam's cut $213.5M–$485.8M before the cut	$29.99	292k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
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
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.2M 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
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
RoadCraft 2025	Est. copies ≈ 401k–652k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.9M after Steam's cut $8.0M–$18.3M before the cut	$39.99	16k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationBuilding