How much revenue did The Long Drive make?

$7.1M–$19.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Long Drive sell?

Q: How many copies did The Long Drive sell?

1.6M to 2.6M copies, based on its 56k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.6M–2.6M; $7.1M–$19.0M after Steam's cut $12.8M–$29.2M before the cut; from 56k 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 The Long Drive out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Long Drive's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.4M–11.0M

best case 63.6M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

The Driving genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 9.4M–11.0M copies

≈ $81.7M–$192.6M after Steam's cut

from ~278k reviews

Best case

≈ 48.5M–78.7M copies

Euro Truck Simulator 2 · ≈ $266.4M–$716.2M after Steam's cut

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Driving (7 of 8) and Open World (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Relaxing + Transportation + Moddable; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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