How much revenue did FlatOut make?

$865k–$2.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FlatOut sell?

Q: How many copies did FlatOut sell?

420k to 682k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 420k–682k; $865k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut; from 7k 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 FlatOut out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FlatOut's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 669k–1.3M

best case 3.2M (Crossout)

Games like FlatOut

The middle of these games

≈ 669k–1.3M copies

≈ $7.0M–$9.9M after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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: Crossout at ≈ 2.4M–3.9M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 779 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Automobile Sim (7 of 8) and Racing (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third Person + Gun Customization. The breakout hits carry Third Person + Gun Customization + Free to Play; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2025, and 1 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 79 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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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition 2008	Est. copies ≈ 487k–792k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.4M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.2M before the cut	$39.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Combat RacingRacing
Need for Speed™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 727k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.1M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.8M before the cut	$29.99	29k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer
Crossout 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	70k reviews Mostly Positive	Third PersonGun Customization
SimplePlanes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 532k–864k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before the cut	$12.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FlightSandbox
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	20k reviews Very Positive	RacingCombat Racing
FlatOut 2 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.9M before the cut	$9.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingCombat Racing
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted 2020	Est. copies ≈ 687k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.6M before the cut	$19.99	28k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingMultiplayer
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2025	Est. copies ≈ 388k–631k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.1M before the cut	$49.99	16k reviews Very Positive	RacingDriving