How much revenue did DIRT 5 make?

$2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DIRT 5 sell?

Q: How many copies did DIRT 5 sell?

174k to 283k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174k–283k; $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.9M before Steam's cut; from 7k reviews (Mixed)

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 DIRT 5 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DIRT 5's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 41k–251k

best case 237k (Horizon Chase Turbo)

Games like DIRT 5

A typical game among these

≈ 41k–251k copies

≈ $249k–$609k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Horizon Chase Turbo at ≈ 181k–294k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 54 reviews in their first month; the range was 19 to 235.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Sports (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Arcade.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2024, and 1 of the 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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New Star™ GP 2024	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $89k–$239k after Steam's cut $161k–$367k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	RacingSports
Horizon Chase Turbo 2018	Est. copies ≈ 181k–294k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	RacingArcade
High Octane Drift 2016	Est. copies ≈ 244k–397k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mixed	RacingAutomobile Sim
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing 2010	Est. copies ≈ 224k–363k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $614k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	RacingLocal Multiplayer
Toybox Turbos 2014	Est. copies ≈ 104k–169k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	RacingMultiplayer
Zeepkist 2021	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $235k–$633k after Steam's cut $428k–$973k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingArcade
Super Indie Karts 2015	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $150k–$404k after Steam's cut $273k–$621k before Steam's cut	$19.99	560 reviews Very Positive	RacingIndie
Rekt: Crash Test 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	598 reviews Very Positive	ActionRacing