How much revenue did CarX Drift Racing Online make?

$14.3M–$38.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did CarX Drift Racing Online sell?

Q: How many copies did CarX Drift Racing Online sell?

3.1M to 5.0M copies, based on its 89k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.1M–5.0M; $14.3M–$38.5M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.3M before the cut; from 89k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 CarX Drift Racing Online out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including CarX Drift Racing Online's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–9.6M

best case 26.7M (BeamNG.drive)

Games like CarX Drift Racing Online

The middle of these games

≈ 1.9M–9.6M copies

≈ $19.6M–$97.8M after Steam's cut

from ~89k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: BeamNG.drive at ≈ 20.3M–33.0M copies, ≈ $139.6M–$375.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Automobile Sim (3 of 4) and Driving (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Driving, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2026, and 1 of your 4 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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Scrap Mechanic 2026	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.2M–$65.0M after Steam's cut $43.9M–$100.0M before the cut	$28.99	122k reviews Very Positive	BuildingSandbox
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BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.3M–33.0M 4.7x 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
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