How much revenue did Nippon Marathon make?

$44k–$120k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nippon Marathon sell?

Q: How many copies did Nippon Marathon sell?

11k to 18k copies, based on its 355 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–18k; $44k–$120k after Steam's cut $81k–$184k before the cut; from 355 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 Nippon Marathon out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nippon Marathon's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 52k–611k

best case 2.0M (SpeedRunners)

Games like Nippon Marathon

The middle of these games

≈ 52k–611k copies

≈ $232k–$9.9M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: SpeedRunners at ≈ 1.5M–2.5M copies, ≈ $6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 368 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 19 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Racing (8 of 8) and Arcade (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Competitive, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, 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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SpeedRunners 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.4M before the cut	$14.99	37k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRacing
Horizon Chase Turbo 2018	Est. copies ≈ 180k–293k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	RacingArcade
Zeepkist 2021	Est. copies ≈ 43k–69k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $234k–$629k after Steam's cut $426k–$968k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingArcade
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.7M after Steam's cut $11.3M–$25.7M before the cut	$19.99	18k reviews Very Positive	RacingLocal Multiplayer
High Octane Drift 2016	Est. copies ≈ 245k–397k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mixed	RacingAutomobile Sim
DIRT 5 2020	Est. copies ≈ 174k–282k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.9M before the cut	$59.99	7k reviews Mixed	RacingDriving
Super Woden GP 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $89k–$240k after Steam's cut $163k–$370k before the cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	RacingSports
New Star™ GP 2024	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $88k–$236k after Steam's cut $160k–$363k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	RacingSports