How much revenue did Motorsport Manager make?

$3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Motorsport Manager sell?

Q: How many copies did Motorsport Manager sell?

590k to 959k copies, based on its 14k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 590k–959k; $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.4M before the cut; from 14k 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 Motorsport Manager out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Motorsport Manager's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 405k–1.2M

best case 2.6M (Car Mechanic Simulator 2018)

Games like Motorsport Manager

The middle of these games

≈ 405k–1.2M copies

≈ $2.7M–$12.8M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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 5k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4k to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Automobile Sim (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.2M 4.1x 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
Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 2014	Est. copies ≈ 288k–469k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $554k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut	$6.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation
Euro Truck Simulator 2013	Est. copies ≈ 484k–786k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $664k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$4.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
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 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
F1® Manager 2022 2022	Est. copies ≈ 267k–433k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationStrategy
F1® 2020 2020	Est. copies ≈ 990k–1.6M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
Forza Motorsport 2023	Est. copies ≈ 316k–513k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.3M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$25.1M before the cut	$69.99	13k reviews Mixed	RacingAutomobile Sim