How much revenue did PAKO 2 make?

$24k–$65k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PAKO 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did PAKO 2 sell?

15k to 24k copies, based on its 424 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–24k; $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$99k before the cut; from 424 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 PAKO 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PAKO 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.0M–10.6M

best case 26.7M (BeamNG.drive)

Games like PAKO 2

The middle of these games

≈ 4.0M–10.6M copies

≈ $59.2M–$191.7M after Steam's cut

from ~163k 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: BeamNG.drive at ≈ 20.3M–33.0M copies, ≈ $139.6M–$375.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 17k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4k to 42k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Driving (7 of 8) and Racing (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Driving, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2021, 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 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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BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.3M–33.0M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $139.6M–$375.3M after Steam's cut $253.8M–$577.4M before the cut	$24.99	416k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationDriving
The Crew™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.1M after Steam's cut $45.4M–$103.3M before the cut	$29.99	100k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingOpen World
Forza Horizon 5 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.3M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$307.2M after Steam's cut $207.7M–$472.6M before the cut	$59.99	279k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M 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
Forza Horizon 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
DiRT Rally 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
Need for Speed™ Heat 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $73.1M–$196.5M after Steam's cut $132.9M–$302.3M before the cut	$69.99	153k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
CarX Drift Racing Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.3M–$38.5M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.3M before the cut	$16.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingPhysics