How much revenue did Star Drift Evolution make?

$26k–$71k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Star Drift Evolution sell?

Q: How many copies did Star Drift Evolution sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 258 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $26k–$71k after Steam's cut $48k–$109k before Steam's cut; from 258 reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Star Drift Evolution and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Star Drift Evolution's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 785k–2.4M

best case 12.8M (Assetto Corsa)

Games like Star Drift Evolution

A typical game among these

≈ 785k–2.4M copies

≈ $7.1M–$26.5M after Steam's cut

from ~20k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Assetto Corsa at ≈ 9.8M–15.9M copies, ≈ $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Automobile Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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 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
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–15.9M 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut $97.8M–$222.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	175k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Project CARS 2015	Est. copies ≈ 705k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingSimulation
Torque Drift 2021	Est. copies ≈ 317k–515k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayRacing
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition 2008	Est. copies ≈ 491k–798k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Combat RacingRacing
FlatOut 2 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$16.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingCombat Racing
Project CARS 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 634k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Very Positive	RacingDriving
CarX Drift Racing Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.4M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.4M before Steam's cut	$16.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingPhysics
Wreckfest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	42k reviews Very Positive	RacingDestruction