How much revenue did JDM: Japanese Drift Master make?

$1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did JDM: Japanese Drift Master sell?

Q: How many copies did JDM: Japanese Drift Master sell?

150k to 244k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 150k–244k; $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before the cut; from 6k reviews (Mostly 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 JDM: Japanese Drift Master out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including JDM: Japanese Drift Master's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.3M–10.0M

best case 9.1M (Forza Horizon 5)

Games like JDM: Japanese Drift Master

The middle of these games

≈ 3.3M–10.0M copies

≈ $20.1M–$127.0M after Steam's cut

from ~146k 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: Forza Horizon 5 at ≈ 7.0M–11.3M copies, ≈ $114.8M–$308.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Automobile Sim (4 of 4) and Driving (4 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Open World, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, 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 70 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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Forza Horizon 5 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $114.8M–$308.7M after Steam's cut $208.8M–$474.9M before the cut	$59.99	281k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.5M–$143.9M after Steam's cut $97.3M–$221.4M before the cut	$19.99	174k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
DiRT Rally 2.0 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.7M before the cut	$19.99	48k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
My Summer Car 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.2M after Steam's cut $21.8M–$49.5M before the cut	$14.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation